Hi, Ron, and everyone else,
>
> I do agree the 516 has tighter skirt and the guys in
> the club was really surprise a "QRP" radio by "Ten
> Tec" really outperform the TS570 by Kenwood.
> The emphasis on the names were intentional. These
> guys think TT is a toy and the far east radios are
> "real" man radios. (heh heh, what ever that
> means...)
It means they made judgements without the benefit of
experience. As a woman I'll be happy not to have some
of the really crappy "far east real man radios" out
there. It's nice not being a "real man" or any kind
of man at all sometimes :)
An Elecraft K2 would blow the doors of their little
Kenwood too. Do they think it's a toy as well?
>
> I plan on going for, at minimum, a Paragon with
> proper filters, to a maximum of Omni 6.
Is general coverage important? If not please look at
the ARRL lab test results for the Corsair. They are
better than those for the Paragon and a fully loaded
Corsair with lots of filters will cost you less.
Indeed, in some categories the Corsair receiver is
still in the top 10 radios ever tested.
73,
Caity
K7VO
(very happy Argonaut V a/k/a 516 owner)
Caitlyn M. Martin - K7VO
http://www.mizuhoradio.com/personal/k7vo
Blog: http://k7vo.blogspot.com
ARRL QRP-ARCI #11018 ARS #445 G-QRP #11577 AK QRP #637
__________________________________
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
http://mail.yahoo.com
_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
|