Mark S. Holden wrote:
John Plimmer wrote:
On Oct 14, 7:47 pm, dave wrote:
John, the best receivers in the world are made here in the USA and in
Italy; why would Steve want a sand box from Asia?


Dave they make transceivers and they are not the best for our type of
SW/MW DXing, where top line audio is required. The K3 is no good on MW
at all and the audio is poor. The TT radio's are mainly on ham bands
only and their general coverage receive is mediocre.

Hams that want top audio always go for Icom = they are tops.

As for specs, you have to compare apples with apples. Sherwood tests
the radio's on the narrowest CW filter setting. If they were tested on
AM with a 4.5 kHz filter the Icom would come out way tops.

JP

Most of the hams I know who are looking for great audio are heading in
the direction of Ten-tec or Flex.

The Ten-tec Omni VII is general coverage, and I've heard very favorable
things about it's performance. The Orions have GC on the second
receiver though it's admittedly not as good as the primary rx. The Flex
radios are also GC.

An advantage Ten-tec has over Icom is they seem to be better about
supporting discontinued models. They'll also try to talk an owner
through diagnosing and fixing a radio on the phone.

I've read less about the Flex service as they're a newer company with a
smaller customer base. Frankly, while I've got plenty of computers
scattered about the house, I'm not excited about a radio that depends on
a computer to run.

Ten-tec and Flex are both made in the USA.

I'm researching HF rigs now, and at the moment, I'm leaning to the Omni
VII or possibly a Harris RF-5000 Falcon.

Mark, TT is first rate on service. on a trip south, i dropped off a 340,
my oldest son talked me out of. just wanted a tune up/ check it over,
maybe bring the old girl up to factory specs. 2 weeks later, i stopped
on the way back for pick-up. they not only cleaned it, brought it/alined
to factory specs, they up dated the software. the price was under
$50.00. i was floored. great service. now, if they had only got the
RX-350 right the first time. and, on another note, Harris is cool.
never used their service, but for a big buck, gov. type company, they
are great phone wise. got a RF-590H i use for ALE. it's like 10 maybe
12 years old. i had questions, they treated me like i just spent $15K
for a new receiver. all i can say is good people.

Drifter...