*Thread Closed* Folks - let's close this thread now as its -waaay- past the single topic posting limit for the list.
I apologize for not stepping in earlier. I've been off the list for several days running the business etc :-) 73, Eric List moderator etc. *elecraft.com <http://elecraft.com>* On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 6:58 PM Al Lorona <alor...@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 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to eric.swa...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
