On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:41:00 -0500, "Pat Butler" 1234 wrote:

Has anyone done a side by side comparison of the Winradio WR-G303i and the
Ten Tec RX-320D?



I have them both, and there is absolutely no comparison: The G303i is
like a precision scientific instrument. Even the S-meter is accurately
calibrated in dBm and uV. The real-time spectrum scope is such an
eye-opener (literally) that it makes you wonder how you ever got
around wihout it. Same applies to the variable IF bandwidth.

Then open up both boxes (as your insatiable technical curiosity yet
again prevails over practical warranty concerns), and what do you see?
With the TenTec, you see old-style through-hole components with
manually adjustable coils on a sparsely populated single-sided board
which looks like a transistor radio from early sixties.

Open the Winradio, and marvel at the beautiful subminiature components
surface-mounted on both sides of several densely-packed multilayer
boards, meticulous craftsmanship, and not a single adjustable
component in sight.

Then look at the control software and see similar differences in
craftsmanship and professionalism.

But granted, looks can deceive - put the receivers side by side, and
what do you hear? Signals entirely burried in noise on TenTec, loud
and clear (and beautifully visible on the real-time spectrum scope) on
Winradio.

Don't take my word for it, try it.

George