Very interesting, Gus. One of the most salient impressions that comes out is how little on-air testing seems to be done by most manufacturers. I guess that most rigs are made for phone ragchewers, and are probably fine for that purpose; but many of the faults that Rob Sherwood points out become obvious with a few hours of actual pileup or contest operation. How could a manufacturer imagine that a DXer would prefer to work a split pileup with a mouse-tuned radio, or send CW with a radio whose internal keyer spits out dits and dahs of random length? And the phase-noise dynamics that Rob describes -- they may not show up on a certain test, but they're clear enough when you use the radio, as are a variety of AGC problems. The Elecraft tradition started with rigs that would meet the requirements of a multi-op Field Day, and they have stuck with that viewpoint, to the benefit of their users. Meanwhile other radios I've owned or used have had irritating flaws that would have been glaringly apparent to the makers if they had actually tried them on the air before committing the design to production.
Tony KT0NY On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Gustavo Villada <vill...@gmail.com> wrote: > A comparison of several rigs, KX3 included > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOf2OOGeGi8 > > > > 73 > Gus LU6AGV > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
