On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Wes (N7WS) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Seems to me that he's just trying to explain himself. > And in explaining, he actually highlights the issues that clearly contradict his position. With all due respect... Personally I have a problem with handicapping or dumbing down measurements just so they fly under a known weakness of certain classes of SDR. That turns the measurements into a perverse "radio Special Olympics" designed to not embarrass handicapped radios. Either the radio can stand the mustard at the high levels with all the rest of the radios or they can't. An RX hitting a wall at a given point because there is now A/D clipping, or for any other reason, is a valid should-be-reported characteristic of the RX. Put it out there like that. No problem with putting down the number and adding why. Just don't tell why and then NOT tell the number by burying that decision in "adjusted" testing parameters. Not every one has to put up with the kind of signal levels found at multi/multi contest stations or with the overload from monster HF antennas or a naval ship-to-shore station with Godzilla transmitters in the area or other hams effectively next door. Some in common-enough better circumstances will have an absolute wonderful time with less than a top-of-the-list radio, even if there is a 10 dB weakness on some measurement. Put it out there and let people chose. They can read the numbers for themselves and figure out what they mean for themselves. Then the sales receipts can inform companies if they need to kick their research and engineering departments to make some improvements. People who want the radio with the top specs (whether they actually NEED that or not is a separate issue) are going to be very suspicious of dumbed-down measurements. And once the word on dumbing-down is out, it's out, no recalling. Just tell it like it is, no pulling of punches. Tough tests are what improve the craft. For technical reasons, Elecraft is the best thing to happen to ham radio's radios in quite a while, and that's *all* brands I'm talking about. Nothing like getting your b*tt whupped in the market place or high-profile contest arenas to tell you it's time to invest in some improvements that clearly a very big crowd cares about. A test designed to make everyone feel good about what they bought is like T-ball for the tots. T-ball is really great for the little kids. Love to watch 'em. But the top of the Sherwood list is the major leagues. There are those that will make the "post-season" and those that will go home. In the playoffs you make the pitches, you make the plays, you get the hits, or you go home. No underhand pitches because the batter is hurt and can't swing hard. 73, Guy > > On 9/15/2015 6:04 AM, Jim Bolit wrote: > >> Adam, >> You are digging a deeper hole........... >> JimW6AIM >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
