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
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
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
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
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
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
I believe the closest English proverb would be Trust but verify.
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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
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
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 is RF
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
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 on
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).
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
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,
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
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
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
the
standoff will avoid any problem even if the enamal is worn.
73
Greg
AB7R
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3-Latest K3 Review on EHAM
: 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 marks? I really expected more
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,
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
Watch out Don... he might just take you up on your offer!
73,
Tom N0SS
At 13:26 02/24/2008, Don Rasmussen wrote:
Hisashi - you can have my K3. Now that it no longer
has a perfect score on eHAM, the joy of ownership has
been tarnished forever for me. Would you like me to
retrieve it from the
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 review
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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Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled K3s...
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Tom Hammond wrote:
Watch out Don... he might just take you up on your offer!
73,
Tom N0SS
At 13:26 02/24/2008, Don Rasmussen wrote:
Hisashi - you can have my K3.
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
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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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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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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 are over
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 bad
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