Rick,
It's been many years since I was a serious contester (I dabble a bit
nowadays but I'm really a DXer), so this is really more of a question than a
comment. I would have thought (perhaps incorrectly) that a serious
multi-multi would be using radios in a higher price/performance bracket than
the
Eagle, such as the K3 or the Orion/Orion II. Am I wrong?
73 Ray W2RS
In a message dated 9/28/2010 3:27:07 P.M. GMT Standard Time, Rick@DJ0IP.de
writes:
What's wrong with the market position of being the lowest cost HF
transceiver on the market that has a decent receiver?
It seems some folks just don't appreciate good performance. Perhaps they
don't understand what it is.
If you think some cheaper radio is good, try taking 12 of them and putting
1.5 KW amps behind them and then run them all at the same time from the
same
site (run station and multi station for each band).
That's what we do in contests.
We are talking about radios that can do that, not toys.
If you don't need it, you don't need it. Period.
The EAGLE is the cheapest radio you can use in this environment unless you
count the K2, which is a kit.
If you don't do that and don't want a radio of that caliber, well, don't
buy
it.
Buy a toy and play with all its gadgets.
Different strokes for different folks.
;-)
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Jim M.
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:25 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Eagle
I don't understand the business model for this Eagle. Seems pricey and
doesn't seem to have much unique. Looking back at TT history it seems they
like to continually introduce a plethora of radio models with names like
Eagle, Argo, Jupiter, etc. Why not just concentrate on a few well
positioned tcvr models? Why not spend the man hours to finish up the Orion
II work?
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