[Elecraft] March/April NCJ

[Charlie T]

Same here.....what a waste of electrons (-), or holes (+)  whichever your preference.
I was hoping for something useful, but it's obvious, Rob's list is the only one that has anything of consequence.

73, Charlie k3ICH


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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of David Gilbert
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2021 12:38 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] March/April NCJ


I agree that a preponderance of 5 ratings are from people congratulating themselves on their choice, and the text often goes like "this is a fine rig" or "met all my expectations."

And out of roughly 2,200 eHam ratings I once profiled just for grins, almost all of the ratings of 1 star or 2 stars were for service or support issues ... which tells you nothing about the rig itself.

I also agree about the need to look for trends in the comments to find any worthwhile insight ... which is why the NCJ article that used only the summary average ratings is borderline useless to me.

73,
Dave  AB7E




On 3/13/2021 8:56 AM, Jim Rhodes wrote:
> When looking at eham reviews I really only read the ones that give a 
> rating of 4 or less. The total number of reviews only tell you how 
> many units are out there. The 5 ratings seem to mostly be people 
> patting themselves on the back about what a great product they bought and give no useful information.
> I look at the ones by people who are not so satisfied, there is 
> usually more useful information there. Sure there are the folks that 
> give a 4 rating because "it only comes in black", but if you look for 
> trends you can often find trends.
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 5:40 PM Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
>
>> My assessment of eham reviews over the years is that there are some 
>> hams who can break an anvil with a rubber mallet!
>>
>> 73, Nate, N0NB
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