OK... quite true, but you seem to be missing the point.
Sheesh...The point is... it is an advertising photo, the purpose of
which is to show what the radio looks like. It is not intended to be
an "anatomically correct" image of an actual station.
So to single out and criticize TT specifically for such a purported faux
pas, overlooks all the similar mistakes made by the competition.
The original post especially singled out TT for criticism because it has
a microphone attached to a rig tuned to a CW frequency and mode.
But, heck, the competition all fail to connect anything - neither a mic
nor a key - but no one complains because all their settings do not all
jibe.
The point is, of course, that the rig in the advertising photo does not
have to be all set up for it to be a useful ad photo. The other
companies hook nothing up, but no one complains they show a rig that
cannot work as advertised. And so, the fact that the rig in the TT ad
is not set up to work exactly as advertised is equally irrelevant and
immaterial. But for some reason, it has become a topic of debate.
As Paul says, they never show the radio with an antenna, either. Are
they to be criticized because they are, apparently, going to transmit
without a load?
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Happy Trails.
======================= Richards / K8JHR =========================
On 10/3/2011 09:18, d.e.warnick@comcast.net wrote:
>
>
> OK, so look a bit more closely. The mode on the screen to the right of the
> frequency is definitely CW. So now where's the mistake. Also looks like the
> bandwidth is at 500 or 600 Hz (My old eyes can't tell the difference).
>
>
>
> Details, boys, details.
>
>
>
> Hi hi
>
>
>
> Dave
>
> WA3F
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> From: "Frank Kirschner"<KF6E@mail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"<tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 7:43:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] September QST Ad
>
> Here's what I found interesting: Several months ago, Ten Tec ads used to be
> loaded with spelling and punctuation errors, like using an apostrophe for
> plurals ("The menu's are..."). The complainer on qrz.com didn't seem to mind
> that. (I sent Ten Tec an email and said that, in view of how elegant their
> products are, they should at least hire a proof reader for their ad copy.
> Errors like that don't inspire confidence. Since then, their ads have been
> perfect.)
>
> The other thing I noticed is that the complainer proclaims that he has been
> a follower of the Urantia book (unless I'm misreading his qrz page). I can't
> imaging that anyone who falls for that would be capable of much critical
> thinking. But that's just my take.
>
> 73,
> Frank
> KF6E
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Notarius W3WN
> Sent: 09/03/11 09:40 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
> Subject: [TenTec] September QST Ad
>
> I don't know if anyone else on this reflector spends any time on the
> www.qrz.com forums. But it seems that one of the forum moderators took note
> of the September QST ad for the Eagle, and has started having a little bit of
> fun with it. What's the problem? The radio as pictured is tuned to 14.060...
> and there's a hand mike shown, but no key. Obviously a BIG mistake... right.
> But see for yourselves, if you're interested...
> http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?310389-Ten-Tec-Ad-in-September-QST 73,
> ron w3wn
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