[1000mp] the battle of the front ends ...

Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:03:24 -0000

Hi all..
Subject: Re: [1000mp] the battle of the front ends ...

> Any manufacturer could do that well or better without significantly
> raising costs, if they watched what they are doing.
>
> I think the focus of radio manufactures is goofy. In many cases it
> seems they care less if the radios click or have excessive SSB
> IMD, as long as they have DSP and 50,000 stacked memories and
> dual-watch receivers one rarely uses.
>
> Now the bands are junked up with clicks and other problems, but
> by golly we have dual-watch rigs that operate from 1.8MHz to UHF
> with a dozen buttons we never even push! All the engineering went
> into push buttons instead of performance.
>
> Most of this is our fault for letting marketing people tell us what we
> need and want,

  and because we ourselves DON'T KNOW what we need or want, because
we've been so "dumbed down" by not really listening anymore...
Most newer ops don't even recognise cross modulation when they hear it!!!
They also don't recognise the difference between a guy 20kHz away
"splattering"
and the sound of their own front end "caving in"...

 >and because we stood by and allowed everyone to
> use nonsense tests for years and years to compare radios.

Hear Hear..!

>
> Keyclicks had to get so bad it became almost impossible to
> operate in contests or near DX pileups before people started to
> complain, and I'll bet manufacturers STILL aren't seriously looking
> into the problem. Even SSB transmitter performance is much less
> than average, and we tolerate it like that's the best we can do.
> 73, Tom W8JI
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