Wow! That's just what I was going to say!
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On Sep 2, 2011, at 8:28 PM, george fritkin <georgefritkin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Why is everybody fretting about these tests. I have the following...Elecraft
> K3, TS590, ORION ll, OMNI Vll, Eagle, YAESU 5000......and in the real world I
> can not tell the difference. Lab tests are one thing, but real world is
> something else. Gentleman, enjoy your radios
> George, W6GF
>
> --- On Fri, 9/2/11, Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> From: Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ARRL Reviews
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, September 2, 2011, 4:26 PM
>
> Well Lee, I think we can all agree,
> It is not reasonable to expect ARRL to continually redo tests, if the
> radios are no longer being produced. But, it is probably something they
> should do with new SDR equipment, if updates make big changes. If specs
> changed, they should re run tests on currently sold radios.
>
> One thing is that they don't own all those radios, they buy one for
> testing, and then sell it after the publishing of the review, in an
> auction process, so they don't run out of lab space trying to store test
> radios.
>
> The best thing of all, is for hams to try out a radio they are
> considering, or have enough faith in the maker of that radio to order
> it. Some dealers and makers offer 30 day trial periods.
>
> 73,
> Stuart Rohre
> K5KVH
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