What also doesn't get much weight, at least for me, are the bad eHam
reviews that are themselves "bad."
They often show the reviewer has poor command of such things as, say,
the english language, his keyboard (love those "all caps" reviews!),
his emotions, etc. Far too many of these:
"It dosent' werk! I hate cmpany X. Dont by there stuff!" [sic, sic,
sic, sic and sic]
"I PLUGGED IT IN W/O READING MANUAL--IT BLOWED UP! THEY SUX!!" [sic,
etc.]
Sometimes I'm embarrassed to admit I'm a ham...
On the other hand, the well-written, balanced, but negative reviews
are so very useful--when they can be found. They are often in very
short supply. I don't mean that the reviewer be capable of writing
the next great novel, but for a hobby that prides itself on being a
group of communicators, more than a few seem to be incapable of
communicating at a basic level.
73,
Dave K7DAA
http://www.k7daa.com
On Feb 26, 2008, at 6:22 AM, Joseph M. Durnal wrote:
When it comes to reviews, I tend to focus on the bad ones as the good
ones could simply represent someones feeling that they spent plenty of
money on something, it must be good. When it comes to ham gear, a bad
review without a call sign doesn't get much weight. I suppose the
reviewer in this case could have made up for it by giving the serial
number of his K3, but that wasn't included either. I don't think it
is a true review. Of course, my K3 has been ordered, my review will
follow after I feel I know the radio, it could be a few weeks, or it
could be a few months, I won't know until I know.
73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Bob DeHaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
The reviewer (Solardx, no call sign) gives a very bad transmitter
(SSB)
review. He claims lots of splatter and ineffective speech
processing as
well as high IMD products. I have yet to hear a K3 but no one else
has
noticed such problems?
Vy 73, Bob WU5T/DJ0MBC
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