... why some people seem to think a "better" radio will cure all their ills?
Case in point....
... why some people seem to think a "better" radio will cure all their ills?
Case in point....
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Antenna's, if you have noise, hunt it down and remove.
I run the Ft 847 with Collins filters, an low entry radio for HF, but work the world, on 160 10K miles or more with 400 watts SSB in a city....
Thanks to the antenna's i can, not for the radio...
Going for a FT 5000 will boost the looks on the table, but will not really add in new DX.
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Hell, I worked VK and JA stations this morning on a fifteen-year-old Icom IC-736. It ain't the radio.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Newest is always better. Otherwise, why bother. So marketing gurus would have you believe.
Some people, or should I say induhviduals (thank you, Dogbert), accept postulate that unconditionally.
That said, while some models of radios are better than others -- a lot depends on the design, age, condition (soft tubes, bad transistors, etc) and extras -- filters for one. And there are external factors -- such as coax, antenna, and antenna placement. To say nothing of local QRM & QRN.
The reality is that most new radios show only incremental improvements, if that, over their predecessors. Most updates are in the bells & whistles (computer interface, menu screens, detachable head, ergonomic changes, other cosmetics). Sometimes, the new radio is actually a step down. And sometimes the new model is mandated by a part or key component becoming Unobtanium; for example, a driving factor in the Orion II design was that manufacture of a key CPU used in the Orion was about to be discontinued.
All else being equal, give me a good (let alone great) antenna and a 10 or 25 watt rig, and I ought to be able to run rings around the Latest&Greatest 100 W rig on a mediocre one.
Some have yet to figure this out.
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I worked S51V on 160 the other night on a ~25 year old Corsair II. Sometimes, it IS the radio. (That Corsair heard things that my "brand new" TS-480SAT didn't even detect)Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
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“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
I'm waiting to see if the OP responds. Usually when I suggest they have to do any actual work, they fall silent, or ignore what I've posted.
It's all my fault for being "flashy", you know..... ;)
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What? Ask that they actually work? Do something for themselves? Buddy, that will get you infarction points fer sure!
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
As I suspected, he was really just looking for an excuse to buy a new radio.
Wait until he finds out that it's not going to make any real difference. :roll:
A G5RV @ 35 feet on a TS-480 isn't going to be any better than a TS-570 on a G5RV @ 35 feet.
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Well, there's DX and then there's DX. While I agree with the general principles about the antenna, if you're into low band work - the radio makes a world of difference. If there wasn't a valid market for the huge IP3 numbers, people wouldn't buy them. And they do make a big difference if you're somewhere in the pile for 3Y0X.
The first year I did 160, I was using an inverted vee with the apex about 40'. The rig was a TT Omni-6 with the version 3 upgrades, all the filter slots filled, and the Inrad 600Hz. roofing filter. Worked 93 entities using that...wouldn't have come even close to that with a TS-570/480 or even an IC-7000. The RX just isn't there in those rigs.
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I've found that depends on whether you're working 75m, 160m, or a contest. Beyond that, most radios are quite capable of working DX.
My IC-746Pro has work a hell of a lot of DX, but it can't separate big signals on 160m. That's part of the reason I have a K3.
Now if I could just get a small lot RX antenna set up for 160m.....
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