[Elecraft] A helpful review...

[Phil Wheeler]

:-)

On 5/1/16 4:50 PM, Wes wrote:
> But I agree, only unbiased Elecraft Kool Aid 
> drinkers should be allowed to post here, and if 
> they do, it should be only praise to the 
> perfection and superiority of Elecraft radios.
>
>
> On 5/1/2016 1:32 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
>> I had a nastier response which I decided to 
>> deep six since it was Sunday.
>>
>> But just one thing, if one went into Macy's and 
>> started hanging up Belk's
>> posters, how would that be received? Rude, 
>> stupid, trespassing, illegal,
>> what? I wonder if the same post also went to 
>> the Kenwood and Yaesu
>> reflectors or it was just us that were "blessed"?
>>
>> My RELIABLE (caps intended) source of dope on 
>> new rigs comes from other
>> PVRC (Potomac Valley Radio Club) membership who 
>> in contesting tend to use
>> the rigs harshly. This is often discussed on 
>> the PVRC reflector, where no
>> one expects commentary to center on any 
>> particular brand or age of rig. I
>> have found the aggregate experience of PVRC 
>> folk on rigs to be accurate in
>> the extreme, with never a pulled punch, 
>> particularly in the range of
>> reactions to a given rig, where the RANGE of 
>> reaction is highly
>> informative.  I also get to go visit and try 
>> the rigs out if I want. We
>> also have one soul on that reflector who rarely 
>> keeps a rig more than three
>> months, and that running soap opera is pretty 
>> informative.
>>
>> Personally, I don't need Icom information here, 
>> don't want Icom information
>> here, not trusting of Icom information here 
>> since some of it is obviously
>> trolling. I have a really good place to get 
>> such if I want, that isn't
>> hanging Belk's posters in Macy's. Here, I'm 
>> mostly looking for Elecraft
>> owners that need some help off line.
>>
>> 73, Guy.