> On Mar 13, 2021, at 3:48 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt
> wrote:
>
> I had a similar thing happen after purchasing an antenna switch of well-known
> brand. I didn't try the switch before it went to the top of the tower but I
> quickly found that one position had a bad relay. I was able to
> On Mar 13, 2021, at 1:52 PM, Wes wrote:
>
> Based on the QC issue I rated it a four stars. I almost immediately got an
> email from the company in which I was accused of improperly storing the
> antenna and all sorts of other things. It was also claimed that anything
> less that five
1 12:53 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] March/April NCJ
I bought a European made tri-band Yagi antenna from a friend who had never
installed it. (I won't mention the manufacturer) It was still in the unopened
box after sitting in my friend's garage for some time. The pieces
I was warned that Yelp has that same problem. 1) I've been told eHam is
the same, I've never posted a review as a result. 2) About all the
Yelp reviews seem to be good for is identifying that a business is closed.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 3/13/2021 11:58
At least they just grumbled about your review.
I once posted to a reflector about (what was well known) buggy control firmware
in a (non-Elecraft) radio. (The “radio" part of the radio was fine, but
sometimes you never knew what pressing a front panel button would break next).
I almost
I bought a European made tri-band Yagi antenna from a friend who had never
installed it. (I won't mention the manufacturer) It was still in the unopened
box after sitting in my friend's garage for some time. The pieces of tubing
were shipped inside each other (graduated metric sizes have a
On
Behalf Of David Gilbert
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2021 12:38 PM
To: elecraft@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 &
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
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
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
--
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true."
Web: https://www.n0nb.us
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It's an interesting article, but in my opinion the flaw in it is that it
relies so heavily on eHam satisfaction ratings. There is a very wide
range of user criteria for what makes a "good rig", and eHam ratings are
notoriously flawed anyway. Many ratings are from folks who aren't very
The latest NCJ issue has HF Transceiver Price vs Performance, Part 2.
Elecraft does very well overall in this comprehensive article! If you're an
ARRL member, you can view online at this link (login required):
http://www.arrl.org/arrl-magazines
Sorry if this has been posted before but I
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