Yes... indeed.
I recently acquired an Orion II to accompany my Omni VII. Unfortunately
I had to sell a nice TT Jupiter, my TT RX-320D and some other stuff I
liked to swing it. It seemed a more cost-effective move than buying an
$8000 TS-990s. (I also have the TS-590s, so now I own several rigs in
the top tier of the Sherwood list.)
Consequently, I feel I have a pretty strong line up, and can wait until
TT reveals its next big deal. Don't tell anyone Oddly I prefer the Omni
VII, because it produces such great results with the least effort and
complexity.
My bottom line: Would I really have $5300 more fun with a TS-990s?
Would I REALLY make substantially more DX contacts with it? If not,
then I have struck a good bargain - cost-benefit wise.
As for the timing of a TS-990s review ... I can understand the editorial
decision to wait - it will be a major piece, and having waited over a
year to see my own one page piece appear in QST this month, and after
seeing how much editorial effort goes into producing even simple piece -
I am not surprised we continue to wait for a review of the TS-990.
Perhaps they are favoring reviews of less expensive models in the short
term - while many hams are "interested" in the 990, I doubt they will
actually sell many of them. Who knows... but I was really impressed
with how much care and attention they paid to even a short piece. I
think Joel Hallas and Larry Wolfgang work pretty hard at it.
Just MY take.
_______________________ K8JHR___________________
On 10/17/2013 11:48 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 10/17/2013 8:35 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
All in all it is an excellent transceiver but out of my price range by
about a factor of 4!
We can thank the three major US manufacturers, Ten Tec, Elecraft, and
Flex Radio for top quality radios at affordable prices, many of them
"best in class."
73, Jim K9YC
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