Excellent advice, I think.
I like to take the instruction manual for each rig and read how to do
the top seven things I might have to do with knobs, buttons, etc., and
see which one seems easier, or more intuitive, or just more to my
liking. That is one of the reason I selected the Omni VII - it has one
simple menu list. I like the Multiknob which is kinda unique in that it
does A LOT of different things, and I quickly got used to going to it.
A single knob for practically everything seems really straightforward
for me now. I can, however, see how another operator, steeped in a
different operating tradition, might hate it.
My wife liked the look of the Omni VII over the other rigs... that
helped me decide, too. ;-)
All the factors in Rick's post are good ones to consider.
Frankly, I kinda like the look of the Kenwood rig, and its specs, but my
experience with TenTec has been so good, I wonder if I would buy another
brand at this point. I also have good experiences with Kenwood radios
as I own bot the R-2000 and R-5000 - but the TenTec experience has been
so good I now tend to discount other rigs out of hand. Not an objective
thing, but there it is.
Great fun... buying a new radio ! Savor and enjoy the ride.
=========================== JHR ===================================
On 11/1/2010 1:30 PM, Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP wrote:
> But it should only be a part of the decision process.
> Part of the joy of operating a radio is the pleasure derived from using a
> radio you really like.
> What I like my differ from what Will likes.
> You can only evaluate that part of it by seeing, preferably using the
> radios.
>
> And, when entering features, don't forget to rate the customer service.
> And work with weighted measurements. Otherwise the radio with the most
> gimmicks wins.
>
> 73
> Rick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of David Goncalves
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:10 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] (no subject)
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> Yeah, that's called a Pugh (decision) Matrix. Used for exactly what you're
> trying to do.
>
> David Goncalves
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Richards<jruing@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>> Good question - I suspect the best way to determine this, is to make a
>> product matrix/grid and write down the specifications for each radio -
>> Eagle on the left and Kenwood rig right, and make a third column to
>> indicate which radio has the better specification, respectively, on each
>> specification you think is important... and then tally up the totals to
>> see which rig has the most wins/ I plan to do that sometime. Maybe
>> soon, now that you ask. Post up if you do this, yourself.
>>
>> Happy Trails.
>>
>> ==================== James / K8JHR ===================
>>
>>
>> On 11/1/2010 10:20 AM, ROD wrote:
>>> witch on has the best spec. eagle or kenwood ts 590s
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