[Elecraft] Comments?

[Gary K9GS]

Well...not out of line Bill but George, W6GF is the one that bases his 
opinion of transceiver selection solely on the audio reports he gets 
from DX stations?  If that were the case, the Collins S-Line would be 
the best radio ever made (no I don't want to debate the audio 
characteristics of Collins radios).  I suspect that anyone that has 20 
different radios is a gear collector and not a radio user.  He probably 
also has a whole collection of accessories like microphone eq's, 
compressors, and "high end" microphones adding to the audio chain.  I 
suspect he never took the time to properly set up all of his radios and 
probably got lucky with the Eagle, Orion II and TS-590.

To each their own and we all have different opinions on what makes a 
radio "better" but I'll take a radio with receiver characteristics like 
the K3 over "better sounding audio" on SSB any day.

It's a silly debate....similar to someone saying a Toyota Camry is the 
best car ever made because it's blue.

On 4/24/2011 3:54 PM, Bill wrote:
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> Any comments on the following?
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> Am I out of line cross posting this?
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> 73,  Bill  K3UJ
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: george fritkin<georgefritkin at yahoo.com>
> To: TenTec_Eagle<TenTec_Eagle at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sun, Apr 24, 2011 2:53 pm
> Subject: Re: [TenTec_Eagle] Re: Eagle 599
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> I have an Eagle and a TS590 and a pair of K3s along with 16 other transceivers
> n my station,  The other radios are just as new and cost many dollars more.
> he only two radios I have had complements on the audio from DX stations are my
> RION ll and my Eagle.  The Eagle is a way under rated radio.
> Actually I would rate the radios as follows......Eagle, TS590, K3.  There is so
> uch hype surrounding the Elecraft gear it is like a Cult
> eorge, W6GF
> -- On Sun, 4/24/11, k4rch<chris.hansohn at comcast.net>  wrote:
> From: k4rch<chris.hansohn at comcast.net>
> ubject: [TenTec_Eagle] Re: Eagle 599
> o: TenTec_Eagle at yahoogroups.com
> ate: Sunday, April 24, 2011, 11:34 AM
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>       Wasn't the first run sold out?  Wait for the QST review, then you'll see
> ore comments.  For me, I don't have time to write a review, I'm too busy
> orking the world with my Eagle.  :D
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> Chris, K4RCH
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> --- In TenTec_Eagle at yahoogroups.com, "w4wfb"<w4wfb at ...>  wrote:
>> It seems that the Eagle is having some difficulty.  QTH.net reviews are few,
> ut the reviews that are listed are very good (5/5).  Perhaps the Eagle is too
> xpensive and appeals to a niche market.  The Kenwood 590 and the Elecraft K3
> re selling the sox off their radios.  I hope Ten-Tec will be able to get their
> irmware straightened out.  I like the total down conversion of the Eagle and
> ope John Henry can get the Eagle to work smoothly in CW QSK with a linear amp.
> oy W4WFB
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73,

Gary K9GS

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