Re: TX-500 on Sherwood Receiver Test Data List
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Paul,
Great information!? Should be required reading by anyone considering a new radio.
Oh no...I must be older...I use to think the higher number of 'tubes' made the better radio!
73, Henry - K4TMC
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 3:00 PM Paul Christensen < w9ac@...> wrote: Sherwood has repeatedly said that for competition-grade receivers, close-space DR of 80 dB is adequate for all but the most hostile environments (e.g., Field Day and other co-locate situations). See slide 52 as an example: ?
? Based on what I see, the TX-500 receiver is comparable in performance to the IC-7700 and IC-7800.? I think most of us would be more than fine with that level of performance out in the field.? This is an example of how we can become so focused on the numbers but lose sight of their practical meaning.? ? The comparison takes me back to when I was kid.? My buddies and I were obsessed with the number of transistors in our SWL receivers.? ¡°Oh, yours only has 13 transistors, but mine has 14!¡±? 14 is greater than 13 so it just must be better.? ? Paul, W9AC
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