Rick,
My comments regarding old rigs were taken out of context, my thesis
remains, "Most any modern rig is cleaner than the rigs of old" Sure you may
point to some exceptions, perhaps some military grade Collins gear or something
of the sort, but those are extreme exceptions. Don't know what you tout as
tube gear or early transistor rigs which outperform some of the modern rigs
but you seemed to want to goad a discussion. Further commentary from me
regarding the use of old transmitters were related to FCC rules which allow
growth to new technology also allows use of old technology. Nothing prohibits
me from operating even the worse offending transmitter on the air. If I took a
rig of Marconi vintage rig and started operating it on today's bands do you
really contend that it would be clean as even a Yaesu FTDX 1200 or a Flex
5000? I still stay I can any beloved Elecraft, TenTec, Icom, Yaesu, and any
other rig I may have missed and cause more havoc with an improper set Mic gain
or Data (audio input) gain, Speech Processor (on SSB) and Amp than you ever
will ever see from Transmitter products with one of the offensive rigs you
name. I see exactly that every time I am on the air. Does it excuse the OEMs,
no, but as some of you have already done, speak with your pocket books. For
the big guy OEMs, they don't care that you are bashing Yaesu on a forum.
Regarding elecraft, probably works good but ergo sucks, size sucks, buttons
are like made for midgets or children, menu ops suck - other than that it
probably stimulates some of you. I'll stick with my Orion 1 and 2, the dirty
Flex 5000 and the even more offensive FTDX-1200. Has this topic about run it's
course, guess not, the moderator is participating.
N5TF,
Terry
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