[Elecraft] G3SJX review in Radcom (RSGB)

[Stewart Baker]

I spoke with Peter at the recent CDXC dinner. He said that he 
would review the K3 if one were made available to him.

Unfortunately it won't be mine, as it is already the subject of my 
own investigations. 

73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:04:48 +0000, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
> G4ILO wrote:
>> Bill W4ZV wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone in EU have any idea when Peter Hart G3SJX will 
publish a K3
>>> review?  Would be wonderful if he had one with all the various 
CW filters
>>> installed for comparisons.  Rob Sherwood is testing all now 
but has not
>>> yet made the results publicly available (i.e. 
500/400/250/200).
>>>
>
>> I seem to recall someone on this list with RSGB connections 
posted a
>> few months back to the effect that Peter wasn't particularly
>> interested. Elecraft doesn't advertise in RadCom, nor are their
>> products available through the dealers that buy advertising in 
its pages.
>>
>> There was a review of the K2 a few years back, but it was not 
by G3SJX
>> but by one of our own list members who is / was an RSGB officer 
and
>> happened to be a K2 owner.
>>
> Those statements are incorrect in almost every detail.
>
> The Radcom review of the K2 was actually two separate articles 
by two
> different users. The first was by Dave, G3YMC, who is well known 
on this
> list; and the second was by the RSGB President, who had just 
completed
> his own K2. What Dave actually posted to this list was:
>
> "At the time Peter Hart G3SJX was taking a break from writing 
reviews
> and had no objection to me doing it. But it was always from a 
user's
> perspective and was never intended to be any sort of lab test." 
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>
> Now "taking a break" has somehow turned into "wasn't 
particularly
> interested".
>
> I don't know if Peter Hart has plans to review the K3 or not. 
But I do
> know Peter, and I do know that his reviews have NEVER been 
influenced by
> advertising considerations.
>
> The RSGB advertising department may try to sell space opposite a 
review
> that is about to be published, but that in no way affects the 
integrity
> of what Peter has already written.
>
>
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