I should quit now, but I just realized that a bad review is a good thing
in one respect, it shows that if you get a bad radio, you're not alone.
There's probably TWO out there. :)
Honestly, I doubt all the radios are working at the time they're
received, but if you listen to some of the goings on
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
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 cas
Quote--
You have a LOT of company Paolo!
Unquote--
I'm glad I'm not alone. I say, for casual ragchewing nothing beats my old
and trusty Drake C-line.
But for the purpose of adding a rare, new one when I have just half an hour
before h
M
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: R: R: [Elecraft] K3-Latest K3 Review on EHAM
Quote--
Not that I know what a Drake S line is but strange you could work VP6DX with
it. From reading this list I have got the impression that to work VP6DX you
indeed need a Elecraft K3 radio.
Quote--
Not that I know what a Drake S line is but strange you could work
VP6DX with it.
From reading this list I have got the impression that to work
VP6DX you indeed need a Elecraft K3 radio.
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Pardon me for the typo. It was, quite obviously, a Drake
It doesn't matter how good or expensive the product is, every high-tech
solution can break. My neighbour's Mercedes SLK 500 broke down after 3 days
and had to be shipped off the Isle of Man to England to be repaired. My
mother's Metro 1000 City (1989) has never had a problem despite being 18
ye
Not that I know what a Drake S line is but strange you could work
VP6DX with it.
From reading this list I have got the impression that to work
VP6DX you indeed need a Elecraft K3 radio.
Jim SM2EKM
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paolo.gramigna wrote:
A
>Anyone who has spent anytime at all listening to the VP6DX operaton
>knows that "solardx"'s eham review is either bogus or he happened to
>get a bad radio. I suspect he is an ICOM "operative".
>
To me, it sounds like an Icom retailer with a LARGE stock.
E-ham should not accept anonymous re
I was wondering when someone would bring that possibility up...
It happens all the time.
matt, W6NIA
On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:19:32 +, you wrote:
>Anyone who has spent anytime at all listening to the VP6DX operaton
>knows that "solardx"'s eham review is either bogus or he happened
>to get a b
Anyone who has spent anytime at all listening to the VP6DX operaton
knows that "solardx"'s eham review is either bogus or he happened
to get a bad radio. I suspect he is an ICOM "operative".
Doug
W6JD
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>
> There a
There are over 475 K3's sold and only 30 reviews on eHam. If this one bad
review bothers you, write your own!
Tom, AK2B
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Funny isn't it. I suggest that we should not put down people who don't
like
what we do and I become attacked myself by many Emails.
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View this messag
"The speech processor, mic gain and ALC circuits need some design attention.
The transmitter in the K3 is very poor. The RF speech processor produces a
lot of IMD on the signal. It's a raspy and nasty kind of product that bleeds
from the transmit signal. What I was hearing was not pleasant. The
Funny isn't it. I suggest that we should not put down people who don't like
what we do and I become attacked myself by many Emails.
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In a message dated 2/24/08 1:40:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Someone posts an honest review of
> their experience and loads of people attack them for criticising their baby
> by not giving it full marks?
No.
The criticism is that someone is posting an anonymous revi
. I will pay postage - okay??
Please don't change your mind now, everyone has seen
your post, you must take it.
de wb8yqj... ;-)
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as far as "audio crunch" I agree the current iteration is not
as penetrating as a good RF clipper could give it albeit it IS
distortion but deem favorable by many. KEY WORK : CURRENT.
Hard to believe that solardx contributes to Eham , yet is not on the reflector.
Perhaps by anot
I have no doubt that Elecraft will make-right anything that is wrong
with hardware they delivered whether to Solardx or any other owner. The
important point, assuming the failure info is right, is that either a
unit got thru final test that shouldn't have, or a unit failed in
transit. Yeah, he/
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Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3-Latest K3 Review on EHAM
My goodness - this is absolutely terrible. Someone posts an honest review
of
their experience and loads of people attack them for criticising their
baby
by not giving it full
anonymous poster.
Your address please. I will pay postage - okay??
Please don't change your mind now, everyone has seen
your post, you must take it.
de wb8yqj... ;-)
[Elecraft] K3-Latest K3 Review on EHAM
Hisashi T Fujinaka htodd at twofifty.com
Sun Feb 24 13:26:25 EST 2008
Previous me
g over the
standoff will avoid any problem even if the enamal is worn.
73
Greg
AB7R
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of S Sacco
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 6:23 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3-Latest K3 Review on
My goodness - this is absolutely terrible. Someone posts an honest review of
their experience and loads of people attack them for criticising their baby
by not giving it full marks? I really expected more of the Elecraft
community.
Perhaps the transmitter is faulty - it is entirely possible the P
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 2/24/08 8:57:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The reviewer (Solardx) gives the results of a test he ran on his K3.
"Solardx" is completely anonymous - no call, no name, no K3 serial number.
Yet his rating
In a message dated 2/24/08 8:57:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The reviewer (Solardx) gives the results of a test he ran on his K3.
With all due respect
We don't know if the reviewer has a problem K3 or a problem test setup. For
that matter, we don't know if the
The problem with eHam reviews is not the reviews themselves, but that
folks get too caught up in caring about other people's mostly subject
impressions/opinions.
Remember: Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but that doesn't mean
that everyone's opinion should be given equal weight.
Now, back to a
At 08:56:21 EST on Sun 24 Feb 2008 Paul Ferguson (K5ESW) wrote ...
... Surely
there are others out there with a K3 and the equipment necessary to repeat
his tests. The outcome of the tests will determine if Solardx's results are
typical.
I await the results while I wait for my K3 (wave 3).
-
Gary Scott-4 wrote:
>
> Eham reviews are a great idea ,But the problem is folks are posting
> reviews
> that either just got the product ,and as I have seen in one product a few
> months ago did not even own the product they were commenting on.I think
> the
> reviews would be worth alot more
The reviewer (Solardx) gives the results of a test he ran on his K3. Surely
there are others out there with a K3 and the equipment necessary to repeat his
tests. The outcome of the tests will determine if Solardx's results are
typical.
I await the results while I wait for my K3 (wave 3).
73,
Eham reviews are a great idea ,But the problem is folks are posting reviews
that either just got the product ,and as I have seen in one product a few
months ago did not even own the product they were commenting on.I think the
reviews would be worth alot more on Eham if people actually waiting 6
Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote:
>
> I think he's getting RF into his installation, maybe through the power
> cabling? I wonder whether his is driving an after-burner?
>
> I do not suspect a malicious posting - even with the best will in the
> world
> things can go wrong.
>
>
My first thought
Hello Group,
When I read the reviews in eham, I deliberately look
at all those with poor remarks and low scores.
Through the adverse comments, I try to figure out
whether there are something which I consider further.
It is not necessary that all the bad remarks are valid
but they give us chances
For a new rig to be so bad, he will presumably want it repaired. My first
thought would be to email Elecraft not Eham.
David
G3UNA
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 IM
Or perhaps "Where there's smoke, there's fire" ??
73, Jerry K3BZ
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From: "Brett Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'paolo.gramigna'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 4:15 AM
Subjec
Hi Bob,
> I have yet to hear a K3 but no one else has noticed such problems?
A small yes and a big no.
Several BCC members (DD5FZ, DL6RAI, DK4YJ, DG7RO usw.) feel that the
speech processor is not as "effective" as it could be and that for
contesting the modulation is too "nice" and needs more
It appears the 4 mediocre reports SOLARDX has posted seem to have one thing in
common.
Mike WA8EBM
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of paolo.gramigna
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:55 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: R: [Elecraft] K3-Latest K3 Revi
I think he's getting RF into his installation, maybe through the power
cabling? I wonder whether his is driving an after-burner?
I do not suspect a malicious posting - even with the best will in the world
things can go wrong.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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Bob DeHaney 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?
I am always suspicious of anonymous
Hi all,
We have a proverb in Italy: To suspect of someone is a sin, but usually
there is substance in it. (I'll be glad to hear the corresponding English
proverb, if existing).
By sheer chance, that review will ruin the "5 over 5" record previously held
by K3. By sheer chance, the reviewer does
At 03:29:43 EST on Sun 24 Feb 2008 Bob DeHaney (WU5T/DJ0MBC) 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
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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