What are you implying, Paul?
I fully agree with Jim for stating known facts, not opinions.
These dirty transmitters have been reported on often; just read arrl lab
report measurements and check where the 7600 is.
They won't write in words; don't want to kill advertising dollars.
Many radios including the 7600 have a TX dynamic range that is 20dB worse
than their RX dynamic range. There is no excuse for that. It's just sloppy
engineering. PERIOD.
And I agree that the TS-590SG is the best bang for the buck.
The TX is a little cleaner than its predecessor.
ICOM has taken a bold step in the right direction and I applaud them for
that, but they need to finish the job (fix the software bug), and people
need to read and understand what ICOM marketing says: it is an entry level
radio into the direct sampling market. You can't expect entry level radios
to perform at the same level as radios costing twice as much.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
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From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
kd3jf.paulgates@gmail.com
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 12:15 PM
To: k9yc@arrl.net; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: 7300 buy back program
That is your opinion right?
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> On Aug 15, 2016, at 3:38 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon,8/15/2016 12:24 AM, rick@dj0ip.de wrote:
>> Many of the users are not satisfied - for whatever reason - and have
>> buyer's remorse.
>
> It's easy to see why, having owned the K3/P3 for a long time, one of the
radios whose features this one tries (and fails badly) to emulate. It's
billed as an SDR with knobs plus a touch screen spectrum display. All that's
true, sort of, but the display is too small for the touch function to work
very well. If you want the features of an SDR with the performance of a real
radio, you've got to aim a LOT higher. There's a reason that the Flex and
Elecraft radios cost as much as they do.
>
> I don't see the 7600 as a step up -- among other things, it's fairly dirty
transmitting CW. I've got a neighbor 10 miles away using one who makes my
life miserable. I see the Kenwood TS590 rigs as the best bang for the buck
NEW radio today. I think a used Orion II or K3 is an awfully good deal.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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