[Elecraft] K3-Latest K3 Review on EHAM

[Dave Andrus]

What also doesn't get much weight, at least for me, are the bad eHam  
reviews that are themselves "bad."

They often show the reviewer has poor command of such things as, say,  
the english language, his keyboard (love those "all caps" reviews!),  
his emotions, etc.  Far too many of these:

"It dosent' werk!  I hate cmpany X.  Dont by there stuff!" [sic, sic,  
sic, sic and sic]
"I PLUGGED IT IN W/O READING MANUAL--IT BLOWED UP!  THEY SUX!!" [sic,  
etc.]

Sometimes I'm embarrassed to admit I'm a ham...

On the other hand, the well-written, balanced, but negative reviews  
are so very useful--when they can be found.  They are often in very  
short supply.  I don't mean that the reviewer be capable of writing  
the next great novel, but for a hobby that prides itself on being a  
group of communicators, more than a few seem to be incapable of  
communicating at a basic level.

73,

Dave K7DAA
http://www.k7daa.com

On Feb 26, 2008, at 6:22 AM, Joseph M. Durnal wrote:

> When it comes to reviews, I tend to focus on the bad ones as the good
> ones could simply represent someones feeling that they spent plenty of
> money on something, it must be good.  When it comes to ham gear, a bad
> review without a call sign doesn't get much weight.  I suppose the
> reviewer in this case could have made up for it by giving the serial
> number of his K3, but that wasn't included either.  I don't think it
> is a true review.  Of course, my K3 has been ordered, my review will
> follow after I feel I know the radio, it could be a few weeks, or it
> could be a few months, I won't know until I know.
>
> 73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Bob DeHaney <bobdehaney at gmx.net>  
> wrote:
>> The reviewer (Solardx, no call sign) gives a very bad transmitter  
>> (SSB)
>> review.  He claims lots of splatter and ineffective speech  
>> processing as
>> well as high IMD products.  I have yet to hear a K3 but no one else  
>> has
>> noticed such problems?
>>
>> Vy 73, Bob WU5T/DJ0MBC
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