[Elecraft] IC-746 PRO A/B Test Results

[Pat Shaughnessy]

My 2 cents..

I certainly would like my little - MADE IN THE USA - constructed by me - K-2
to be the hottest rod on the block; no matter the style/method of testing.
If it turns out to be the 2nd, or god forbid, 3rd, I still don't feel bad.
$1200-1500 against thousands makes the difference. If a XCVR costs $3500+,
it better be better, a lot better, in my view; which they aren't. Try living
on SS and saving to get one of those Yaesu jobs..... They could bury the box
you were saving in with you.

73, Pat
K-2/3492 (under construction)


> W2AGN wrote:
>
> > I kinda gotta agree with Ed. This is not "TESTING" it is one ham's
> > OPINION, of what he thinks sounds best. If you want testing, then you
> > have to do comparisons like QST, etc. What sounds great to one, may not
> > satisfy another. Very subjective...
>
> Well...I agree that performance on a crowded band is important and Earl
> isn't comparing that.  But I'm afraid the more 'scientific' approach in
> which you compare the ARRL lab results also misses something: when you
> are trying to copy a weak signal -- especially in the presence of noise
> -- there is an interplay between front-end performance, bandwidth,
> passband shape, and who knows what else which is very hard to quantify.
>   Especially if the unit includes DSP, it's hard to tell by looking at
> the numbers which receiver will ultimately make it possible to hear the
> weakest ones.
>
> Anyway, Earl's major point wasn't that one radio sounded better than
> another one; rather, he said that one radio did a better job of making
> the weakest signals copyable.  This is a relatively objective judgement
> (although he hasn't presented it in a quantified form).
>
> Vic K2VCO
>
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