[1000mp] QST Product Reviews whitewash

Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:13:20 -0400

your forgetting , Yaesu , Icom , kenwood are major advertising income for
qst. there not going to bite the hand that feed them !!!

>For something like this the product reviews need to do more
>than say "we would like to see improvement."  The need to say,
>"while there may be no FCC standards for third and fifth order
>IMD, we consider these results completely unacceptable."

>73,

   >... Joe, K4IK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Hare,Ed, W1RFI
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:18 AM
> To: '[email protected]'
> Subject: RE: [1000mp] QST Product Reviews whitewash
>
>
> > It would be refreshing to see: "the transmit IMD of this product is
> > simply not acceptable for a modern radio.  We would expect to see
> > third order IMD results at least -36 dB and fifth order products
> > at least -46 dB.  Any manufacturer that releases a product which
> > fails to achieve that standard simply does not care about the
> > amateur market!"
>
> And you are willing to pay how much for this improvement?
>
> 73,
> Ed Hare, W1RFI
> ARRL Lab
> 225 Main St
> Newington, CT 06111
> Tel: 860-594-0318
> Internet: [email protected]
> Web: http://www.arrl.org/tis
>
>
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