To my way of thinking (and I am not alone), claims of superior performance
(i.e., close-in 3d order IMD) being the be-all and end-all, are overblown.
The average ham, such as myself, will rarely, if ever, find himself
surrounded by 30+ dB over S9 signals even during contests. Years ago, I
used a Jupiter in a contest and found it very satisfactory. Ditto a TS-870,
etc., etc. In short, there are on the market many transceivers that can
give a very good account of themselves, even in contests, for us peons.
Of course, the address for this thread is contesting.com, so obviously it
is oriented toward, and attracts, high-power gurus. Nevertheless, an
occasional recognition by such posters of the extreme rarity of the
conditions being discussed, and radios being judged, would not be out of
order, it would seem.
73,
John, W3ULS
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