[1000mp] No more Yaesu

[George, W5YR]

Agreed completely, Ian . . .

And a corollary to that thought is that no company should be so brazen as to
advertise "the world's best amateur radio transceiver" as one rather
wishful-thinking US company has done of late. Such marketing nonsense is
offensive to any but the most gullible.

How are you keeping these days?

73, George W5YR
w5yr@att.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian White, G3SEK" <G3SEK@ifwtech.co.uk>
To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] No more Yaesu


> Earl W Cunningham wrote:
> >
> >"My TS-830S was a workhorse that never had a problem....."
> >==========
> >Mine, too.  I rate the TS-830S as the best radio ever made by Kenwood.
> >One of these days I might sell it.
> >
> Agreed about the performance.
>
> The 830S must rate high in the rankings of All-Time Best-Loved Rigs...
> but in that golden haze, let's not forget that even the 830S did have at
> least one frequent problem (intermittent board grounding) that was
> caused by poor design.
>
> The point is that every rig, from every maker, is liable to have some
> design problems. It's the same with any highly complex product.
>
> When we find a problem, we certainly should complain - especially when
> the manufacturer really should have seen it coming (and IMO the Yaesu
> key-click problem is one that Yaesu definitely shouldn't have missed).
> But to some extent, we have to learn to live with it.