carddude99
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I own a Eton e1 but had to send it to drake for repair (Duh) and since it was under warranty, I did just that. We all know it is a great radio but this one sometimes did key lock and had screen display issues so I finally sent it in while it was still covered.
So I bought alot of new radios. Some I kept. Some I returned.
This thread begins with a premiss. I always though that the purpose of user groups was to learn how to best use the radio featured in that group. My latest purchase is a Sangean 909x. I haven't decided to do the mods cause I just got it and want to work it for a month and then decide. I have bought and returned 7 Eton G3s which in my opinion were prone to so much overloading that even using sync, made matters worse and tangled of 4 signals instead of defining one over the others. I bought and returned a Sony 7600gr, which in my opinion is well built but lacks sensitivity. I then bought a Grundig satellit 750 which is alot of fun. I bought a Tecsun 660 which has not been opened to be my travel radio. (The Sangean is my dsp portatop). I also have for am dxing the famous and wonderful Panasonic rf2200. I bought it on ebay and it works great and looks new!!
Now to the point. Whenever I did not keep a radio, naturally I would drop out of the Yahoo user group. Because, I no longer used the radio so I didn't need to belong to the group.
What I have noticed is these so-called groups have become places to wine and complain. I don't get it. If you own a radio and then join the group that focuses on that radio be it a scanner or shortwave, (Yes I have three great scanners), then why would you just post rants and complaints. I thought the purpose is to share information so you get more use out of your radio.
I thought these groups were to be used by fans of the radio to help each other figure out tricks and fun things to do with the radio that otherwise you may not have thought of.
When I owned an Icom r75, that group rocked. Everyone was enjoying the radio and all the talk was about getting the most use out of it.
I personally am not tech savvy but even still, I question paying for mods. (There is now a Super Sangean 909x which so far has gotten mixed reviews. I'll put out the 50 bucks, if after a month I want to upgrade. I doubt I will. If you do not like what you get in the box, why upgrade and modify it to a point where maybe you should have just tried another radio instead of throwing more money into one you bought.
This is the reason I was never happy with the Icom. It had bad audio, lousy sync, and it costs way too much to modify and after paying $600, I figured, it didn't fit my needs so I sold it.
Radios can be reviewed and people can have their own subjective reality. But the user groups should almost work like fan clubs with information that supports your purchase and doesn't focus on what is wrong with the radio.
So I want to know how all of you feel about this. Whether it is a scanner group or Shortwave Radio group or others, don't you think that group members should try to focus on educating one another rather than complaining about the radio they supposedly bought. It seems to me that should be the focus of any user group.
So share your thoughts on this. What groups feel like supportive information based and user friendly groups, and which groups feel like they are all out to attack the very radio they own.
Carddude99
So I bought alot of new radios. Some I kept. Some I returned.
This thread begins with a premiss. I always though that the purpose of user groups was to learn how to best use the radio featured in that group. My latest purchase is a Sangean 909x. I haven't decided to do the mods cause I just got it and want to work it for a month and then decide. I have bought and returned 7 Eton G3s which in my opinion were prone to so much overloading that even using sync, made matters worse and tangled of 4 signals instead of defining one over the others. I bought and returned a Sony 7600gr, which in my opinion is well built but lacks sensitivity. I then bought a Grundig satellit 750 which is alot of fun. I bought a Tecsun 660 which has not been opened to be my travel radio. (The Sangean is my dsp portatop). I also have for am dxing the famous and wonderful Panasonic rf2200. I bought it on ebay and it works great and looks new!!
Now to the point. Whenever I did not keep a radio, naturally I would drop out of the Yahoo user group. Because, I no longer used the radio so I didn't need to belong to the group.
What I have noticed is these so-called groups have become places to wine and complain. I don't get it. If you own a radio and then join the group that focuses on that radio be it a scanner or shortwave, (Yes I have three great scanners), then why would you just post rants and complaints. I thought the purpose is to share information so you get more use out of your radio.
I thought these groups were to be used by fans of the radio to help each other figure out tricks and fun things to do with the radio that otherwise you may not have thought of.
When I owned an Icom r75, that group rocked. Everyone was enjoying the radio and all the talk was about getting the most use out of it.
I personally am not tech savvy but even still, I question paying for mods. (There is now a Super Sangean 909x which so far has gotten mixed reviews. I'll put out the 50 bucks, if after a month I want to upgrade. I doubt I will. If you do not like what you get in the box, why upgrade and modify it to a point where maybe you should have just tried another radio instead of throwing more money into one you bought.
This is the reason I was never happy with the Icom. It had bad audio, lousy sync, and it costs way too much to modify and after paying $600, I figured, it didn't fit my needs so I sold it.
Radios can be reviewed and people can have their own subjective reality. But the user groups should almost work like fan clubs with information that supports your purchase and doesn't focus on what is wrong with the radio.
So I want to know how all of you feel about this. Whether it is a scanner group or Shortwave Radio group or others, don't you think that group members should try to focus on educating one another rather than complaining about the radio they supposedly bought. It seems to me that should be the focus of any user group.
So share your thoughts on this. What groups feel like supportive information based and user friendly groups, and which groups feel like they are all out to attack the very radio they own.
Carddude99
