"John Plimmer" wrote:

Actually, Guy, highly respected DXer that he is, is not the only one of the
serious DXer's who have found that the Ten Tec RX-340 does not come up with
the cookies when the DXing gets tough.
I have seen at least two other serious DXers in Europe who did evaluations
of the Ten Tec RX-340 comment that it does not cut the cake when things get
serious.


Okay, fine, but what do "come up with the cookies" and "cut the cake"
*mean*? What, specifically, did they find that fell flat? There are
things I can think of that it could do better, but they fall into the
"annoyance" range rather than the "just not worth it" range.

--
Eric F. Richards,
"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940

Eric, if you look in the latest 2005 Passport you will see that the IP3 @ 5
Khz rating for the RX-340 is poor - this means that if you are DXing in MW
or Tropical Bands with a strong station near your weaker target station,
then the RX-340 can't resolve it, whereas various other radio's that have a
much more respectable IP3 @ 5 Khz performance, like the AOR 7030, Drake R8B
and Icom 75 will be able to resolve the weak signal whereas the RX-340 will
not be able to do so.

Close in DXing with nearby strong signals is a feature of trying to get weak
stations that are 5 Khz or nearer to other more powerful signals.
Several DXer's have indicated that Passports numbers/statistics are correct
and that the RX-340 cannot render audible signals that are close by to more
powerful stations.

The Icom 756 PRO III is superb in this respect as I have indicated in my
comparison review
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
RX Drake R8B, SW8 & ERGO software
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop

"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
...
"John Plimmer" wrote:

Actually, Guy, highly respected DXer that he is, is not the only one of
the
serious DXer's who have found that the Ten Tec RX-340 does not come up
with
the cookies when the DXing gets tough.
I have seen at least two other serious DXers in Europe who did
evaluations
of the Ten Tec RX-340 comment that it does not cut the cake when things
get
serious.


Okay, fine, but what do "come up with the cookies" and "cut the cake"
*mean*? What, specifically, did they find that fell flat? There are
things I can think of that it could do better, but they fall into the
"annoyance" range rather than the "just not worth it" range.

--
Eric F. Richards,
"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940