Hello.

Yours is a fine, well-reasoned posting and echoes my sentiments
exactly. There are a few very fine shortwave receivers being
manufactured today of which the AOR AR7030 'Plus' is one.

But, as you said, it may not be for everyone. Nonetheless, I feel that
there is no need for someone to make even "snide' comments about this
particular (or any other) receiver even if it is not your particular
cup of tea.

The only situation where negative or pejorative comments are warranted
is when a particular receiver has a design or construction flaw of
which other readers here may need to be made aware. This could also
apply to poor performance experienced by an owner by a particular
manufacturer, service department, or dealer.

But, as you so aptly stated, each of us has our own particular
favorites - and who is to say which is "best?"

I just dislike seeing my (or anyone's, for that matter) favorite being
"knocked" for no apparent reason. That was the crux of my argument.

Thank you again for this posting. I hope many people here take it to
heart.

Best,

Joe

Joe Analssandrini wrote:


The only situation where negative or pejorative comments are warranted
is when a particular receiver has a design or construction flaw of
which other readers here may need to be made aware. This could also
apply to poor performance experienced by an owner by a particular
manufacturer, service department, or dealer.



And this is exactly the reason why I obsessively "knocked" one
particular radio, because I found that, while it was a fine performer
when testing it at the shop, it fell far short when I put it to my
real-world use.

Unfortunately, it has a cult following, so if I mention its model
number, people crawl out of the woodwork to defend it.

As for actually shedding light on the situation, I got to talk to Bob
Sherwood (who does testing for PWBR) at a hamfest about it and he was
surprised at the things I described. He wondered if I had a bad unit.
By that time, I'd sold it already, so I couldn't let him have a look
at it.

The end result was that it was no longer worth my time to argue
performance against religious zealotry.


--
Eric F. Richards,
"It's the Din of iBiquity." -- Frank Dresser

On Dec 3, 10:44 am, Eric F. Richards wrote:
Joe Analssandrini wrote:

The only situation where negative or pejorative comments are warranted
is when a particular receiver has a design or construction flaw of
which other readers here may need to be made aware. This could also
apply to poor performance experienced by an owner by a particular
manufacturer, service department, or dealer.

And this is exactly the reason why I obsessively "knocked" one
particular radio, because I found that, while it was a fine performer
when testing it at the shop, it fell far short when I put it to my
real-world use.

Unfortunately, it has a cult following, so if I mention its model
number, people crawl out of the woodwork to defend it.

As for actually shedding light on the situation, I got to talk to Bob
Sherwood (who does testing for PWBR) at a hamfest about it and he was
surprised at the things I described. He wondered if I had a bad unit.
By that time, I'd sold it already, so I couldn't let him have a look
at it.

The end result was that it was no longer worth my time to argue
performance against religious zealotry.

--
Eric F. Richards,
"It's the Din of iBiquity." -- Frank Dresser

I hope you called the folks at Eton and told them about the experience.

Steve wrote:



I hope you called the folks at Eton and told them about the experience.

I've never used an Eton radio. Why would they, or I, care?

My providing info on that radio was strictly for r.r.s readers.

--
Eric F. Richards

"This book reads like a headache on paper."
http://www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/readi...one/index.html

On Dec 3, 6:06 pm, Eric F. Richards wrote:
Steve wrote:

I hope you called the folks at Eton and told them about the experience.

I've never used an Eton radio. Why would they, or I, care?

My providing info on that radio was strictly for r.r.s readers.

--
Eric F. Richards

"This book reads like a headache on paper."www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/readingup/08/14/getting.things.done/index.html

Okay...my mistake...for some reason I thought I remembered you talking
about an Eton radio. Must have been someone else.

On Dec 3, 7:44 am, Eric F. Richards wrote:
Joe Analssandrini wrote:

The only situation where negative or pejorative comments are warranted
is when a particular receiver has a design or construction flaw of
which other readers here may need to be made aware. This could also
apply to poor performance experienced by an owner by a particular
manufacturer, service department, or dealer.

- And this is exactly the reason why I obsessively "knocked"
- one particular radio, because I found that, while it was
- a fine performer when testing it at the shop, it fell far
- short when I put it to my real-world use.
-
- Unfortunately, it has a cult following, so if I mention
- its model number, people crawl out of the woodwork to
- defend it.
-
- As for actually shedding light on the situation, I got
- to talk to Bob Sherwood (who does testing for PWBR) at
- a hamfest about it and he was surprised at the things
- I described. He wondered if I had a bad unit.
- By that time, I'd sold it already, so I couldn't let
- him have a look at it.
-
- The end result was that it was no longer worth my time
- to argue performance against religious zealotry.
-
- --
- Eric F. Richards,
- "It's the Din of iBiquity." -- Frank Dresser
-

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