"phil
" wrote:
You. Are. An. Idiot.
You go play with your R-75, all features, no basic
performance play toy while the rest of us use real
radios.
you're pandering Eric.
No I'm not. The quotes Kenneth wroted [sic] are taken way out of
context.
If you go by Passport criteria alone (which I don't, BTW, and you
remember that) the T-T was a "Passport's Choice" and the '75 was not.
your R75 overloaded; however, you conveniently
forgot the details.
I think my lack of forgetting is well documented. Do you want me to
quote them, again?
you were LW DXing using a 1000' wire that was
"abandoned" because it was aimed at a 50kW MW blowtorch.
No, it was "abandoned" because of a government project that ended.
Such things happen all the time in government facilities -- after a
project is done, the equipment is abandoned in place.
you botched using
your spectrum analyzer,
Judgement call. I didn't succeed in what I wanted to do, but that's a
long way from "botching" it.
bought filters, then got an owner of the well
respected R8B to drive across the state; only it too overloaded by 40 dB.
It did. But much more gracefully than the R75.
instead of pondering you badmouthed the R75 and R8B, claiming that both
were not "real radios".
I never made that claim. And I reported here EXACTLY the results I
got. I "badmouthed" the R75 because of my experience with it.
only an experienced DXer, Steve, and others got you
to shut your pie hole.
I've plonked Steve. I respect the R8B; I even respect the R75,
believe it or not. But I will not look at either radio as perfection,
sorry. For that matter, I don't look at my T-T as perfection, either.
we told you the antenna was resonant on MW and to
use a LW loop, but why admit a mistake when you can blame an inanimate
object.
That's an interesting judgement. Which frequency is that wire
resonant on? All of them?
denial is not just a river in Egypt. you call Ken an idiot but he
modded his radio and hand built a K9AY loop.
I call Ken an idiot because he can't spew out a coherent english
sentence, AND he's bashing a radio he never used. Got news for you,
doc, I've used the R75. I got a crack at the R8B. I've used the
FRG-100, and I've used the RX-340. Nothing beats actually USING the
radios.
Now, if Ken wants to put the two radios in perspective, then I might
respect what he has to say, but he doesn't.
about the only thing you've
proven to be an expert at is phoning your credit card number in to the
TenTec facility.
Actually I went down there and talked to the engineers about their
design. They were more than willing to go over it with me. Have you
spoken to any engineers at ICOM about the myriad mods you had to do to
get the radio up to spec?
73s,
Ha! "F*ck you, best regards." Nice try.
phil
Don't be such an asshole. Have you gotten your 6790? It might be an
educational experience.
Look. Try not to worship a radio. It's a RADIO, nothing more. I
have said before and I'll say again, that the R75 is a fine receiver,
within its limits. But ICOM spent too much time adding features and
not enough time with the basics. Drake spent much more time with the
basics, THEN added the features -- proof of that can be seen by the
evolution of the sync detector and the user interface.
I like my ICOM R8500, despite its hideous flaws, because it got the
basics right, and one of the basics it got right was that it has a
brick wall for a front end. It also has excellent audio, without
modding the hell out of it. I like my RX-340 despite its minor flaws,
because it does such a damned good job.
I have 5 radios in my shack now, and each has a purpose. Depending on
what I want to do, I choose a radio and use it. I *worship* none of
them.
Perspective. It's not just for breakfast any more.
--
Eric F. Richards,
"This book reads like a headache on paper."
http://www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/readi...one/index.html