[Elecraft] Gurus

Thu Jun 10 01:26:37 EDT 2021

One more off topic:  I was told my call, which I totally disliked back in 1960... buddies pointed out, how great it was on cw.  How short sighted I was.

Bill
K9YEQ

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Julia Tuttle
Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 11:41 PM
To: Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name>
Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Gurus

Oh, I know, it was a deliberate choice -- my Elmer (from, jeez, 20 years
ago) K1AJ said he picked his for the sound, so I did too.

I do occasionally get out on CW with it though!

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 00:35 Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name> wrote:

> Man, what a great cw call, totally wasted on FT8 :-)
>
>
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Email: buddy at brannan.name
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>
> > On Jun 10, 2021, at 12:00 AM, Julia Tuttle <julia at juliatuttle.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > It's KV1V, but probably not -- I've mostly been working FT8 from my
> (noisy,
> > urban, antenna-limited) home QTH, and I don't think you were one of 
> > the couple of folks I managed to reach on CW from my girlfriend's 
> > (quiet, rural, big enough to have a full-size 40m dipole) QTH.
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 11:42 PM Gary K9GS <k9gs at gjschwartz.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I agree Julie,Just curious, what is your call?  I wonder if we've 
> >> worked?73,Gary K9GS
> >> -------- Original message --------From: Bill Johnson 
> >> <k9yeq at live.com>
> >> Date: 6/9/21  11:32 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Al Lorona <
> alorona at sbcglobal.net>,
> >> Julia Tuttle <julia at juliatuttle.net> Cc: Elecraft Reflector < 
> >> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Gurus Here, here, 
> >> Julie!BillK9YEQHave a great
> day!Bill________________________________From:
> >> elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> 
> >> on behalf of Julia Tuttle <julia at juliatuttle.net>Sent: Tuesday, 
> >> June 8,
> 2021
> >> 9:36:00 PMTo: Al Lorona <alorona at sbcglobal.net>Cc: Elecraft 
> >> Reflector <
> >> elecraft at mailman.qth.net>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] GurusI'm gonna 
> >> second "above all, have fun"!If it brings you joy to have the 
> >> highest
> performing
> >> rig you can, cool, andI hope it serves you well.But if a different
> aspect
> >> of a radio, or even one you can't name, bringsyou joy, that's also 
> >> cool, and I'm happy it makes you happy!My KX3 isn't at the top of 
> >> the Sherwood list, it doesn't have a panadapter(...yet), and 
> >> connecting it up for digital modes is a bit of a rat's 
> >> nest......but I'll be darned if it
> isn't
> >> just fun as shit to use. The UI is wellthought out, the VFO knob is 
> >> a
> work
> >> of art, (surprisingly) the compact sizemakes it more
> approachable/friendly
> >> for it, and the community here aroundit (as heated as it can get) 
> >> is tighter-knit.None of those show up in a spec sheet or lab 
> >> testing Get
> what
> >> makes *you*happy, and share your experience so the next ham can do 
> >> the same.Cheers,JulieOn Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 21:57 Al Lorona < 
> >> alorona at sbcglobal.net> wrote:> When this subject appeared last week 
> >> I
> had
> >> composed a reply but then slept> on it and canceled it the next
> morning, as
> >> I probably do 80% of the time.>> In this my second attempt, let me 
> >> say
> that
> >> I've always been amazed at the> power wielded by Rob Sherwood.
> Thousands of
> >> hams hang on his latest tests.> If he deems a new radio exceptional 
> >> in
> some
> >> way, that can mean many> millions of dollars for a manufacturer.>> 
> >> And
> yet,
> >> if there were no such thing as gurus on the web and at places> like
> Dayton
> >> expounding about how Brand A is better than Brand B, how would> you
> answer
> >> the questions, "Do I like this transceiver?," and, "Is it any> 
> >> good?">> You'd probably get on the air and use it, and decide that 
> >> way.>> But we constantly have gurus telling us that Brand A is the 
> >> 'best' which> horrifies us if up until now we liked Brand B better. 
> >> Against our
> personal>
> >> experience we flip-flop and say, "Gee, I used to like Brand B, but
> Brand A>
> >> must be better because the gurus say so.">> Yet, there will always 
> >> be
> guys
> >> who'll be tortured owning a transceiver> that has the 2nd highest
> dynamic
> >> range, or the 3rd best distortion. Never> mind if they can't 
> >> actually
> hear
> >> the differences.>> It's how a rig *sounds and feels* during actual 
> >> operating that's most> important. Not the numbers. For instance, 
> >> Wes
> made a
> >> comment about his> tuning knob, and although some of you might have
> laughed
> >> at that... it's> darned important! That's the kind of thing I'm 
> >> talking about.>> Here's my opinion on ranking receivers by 2 kHz 
> >> 3rd order
> dynamic
> >> range:> almost any modern receiver has enough dynamic range to make 
> >> this
> >> ranking> more and more meaningless as time goes on. Sherwood 
> >> ranking> himself has
> >> said that> 90 dB or above is plenty enough. To understand why, see 
> >> this post from 2016> by one of the old guys on this reflector:>
> >>
> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-The-Way-We-Rank-Receivers-long
> -td7623639.html
> >>>
> >> Lastly, if you've been enjoying your rig for years and then hear
> someone>
> >> else complain about a flaw you weren't even aware of, don't panic.
> There>
> >> are a million reasons why his concerns might not involve you in the 
> >> least.>> Above all, have fun.>> Al W6LX/4> 
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