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

Monitoring Times in the August 2003 issue compared the two. The
reviewer liked them both but kept the G303i

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?

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

George:

I very much enjoyed your posting. But
what sort of equipment do you use when
running WinRadio, I'm talking PC and
antenna setup here?

Tom Welch

On 18 Jan 2004 07:29:49 -0800, (Tom Welch) wrote:

George:

I very much enjoyed your posting. But
what sort of equipment do you use when
running WinRadio, I'm talking PC and
antenna setup here?

Tom Welch

For PC, I have a one (or so) year old 1.8GHz IBM Aptiva. For antenna,
I have a 60ft long wire stretched between my window and a very old
cherry tree. :-)

I also use the WiNRADiO long-wire balun to connect the receiver to the
antenna: http://www.winradio.com/home/lwa.htm

George

"George Blomfield" wrote in message
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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.

Yes, most disposables are made that way.

"CW" wrote in message
...

Yes, most disposables are made that way.

Ouch! ; )

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:34:41 -0800, "CW"
wrote:


"George Blomfield" wrote in message
news:4009e0e0.2462200@news-server...

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.

Yes, most disposables are made that way.


Very astute observation. :-)

The Winradio has never been professionally reviewed. The IP3 sucks...
as do the rest of the published specs. Way way overpriced.

Problem is that no one makes a decent affordable SW receiver.
It isn't rocket science and this is 2004 isn't it?

duh

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:14:36 GMT, wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:34:41 -0800, "CW"
wrote:


"George Blomfield" wrote in message
news:4009e0e0.2462200@news-server...

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.

Yes, most disposables are made that way.
Very astute observation. :-)

A rather uninformed observation, considering the state-of-the-art of
radio engineering in the year 2004, and a world of difference between
the levels of craftsmanship applied to these two products which is
obvious to anyone who actually bothers to look at the products before
making such observations... :-)

The Winradio has never been professionally reviewed. The IP3 sucks...
as do the rest of the published specs. Way way overpriced.

Not sure what you mean by "never professionally reviewed". Read the
current (2004) issue of WRTH. Is this professional enough? And the
other numerous reviews including one in Short Wave Magazine (also
available on http://www.winradio.com/home/g303i-reviews.htm)?

Problem is that no one makes a decent affordable SW receiver.
It isn't rocket science and this is 2004 isn't it?

I'd suggest that you look at Winradio G303i first, and *then* talk
about rocket science in 2004... ;-) Nothing comes close. Try it for
yourself, you'll see... :-)

George

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:17:53 GMT, (George Blomfield)
wrote:

The Winradio has never been professionally reviewed. The IP3 sucks...
as do the rest of the published specs. Way way overpriced.

Not sure what you mean by "never professionally reviewed". Read the
current (2004) issue of WRTH. Is this professional enough? And the
other numerous reviews including one in Short Wave Magazine (also
available on http://www.winradio.com/home/g303i-reviews.htm)?

Problem is that no one makes a decent affordable SW receiver.
It isn't rocket science and this is 2004 isn't it?

I'd suggest that you look at Winradio G303i first, and *then* talk
about rocket science in 2004... ;-) Nothing comes close. Try it for
yourself, you'll see... :-)

George

I would love to see a ARRL tech review of the WR-G303i.
A review of the 1150i wasn't impressive.
I read the reviews on the Winradio wesbite- not impressed.

Where have we heard "the am synch loses lock" before? :-)

Cheers!