Oh, I don't know. I have a 203P; it has served me well, thus far.
I don't always use the pre-amp function, as it often (as per the general complaint) pulls in a lot of extra noise.
But, I did use it, last night. It is occasionally useful for pulling in some weaker signals. I was hoping to get some information on the I40 shut down in Needles, but I all I got was, first, the ramblings of some redneck that sounded like he'd had a little too much of that high-speed chicken feed, followed by (as speed boy was fading out) the non-stop babbling of some old boy on his 3rd gallon of Old Crow. Both those cats kept the mic keyed, and their jaws on auto-pilot. Seriously, how can you talk, non-stop, for more than an hour, and say nothing, at all?
But, I digress. My equipment performed as it should; it is certainly not the fault of the pre-amp function of my 203p, that the information that I received was useless.
Your mileage may vary, of course.
I don't always use the pre-amp function, as it often (as per the general complaint) pulls in a lot of extra noise.
But, I did use it, last night. It is occasionally useful for pulling in some weaker signals. I was hoping to get some information on the I40 shut down in Needles, but I all I got was, first, the ramblings of some redneck that sounded like he'd had a little too much of that high-speed chicken feed, followed by (as speed boy was fading out) the non-stop babbling of some old boy on his 3rd gallon of Old Crow. Both those cats kept the mic keyed, and their jaws on auto-pilot. Seriously, how can you talk, non-stop, for more than an hour, and say nothing, at all?
But, I digress. My equipment performed as it should; it is certainly not the fault of the pre-amp function of my 203p, that the information that I received was useless.
Your mileage may vary, of course.
...runna pile-up on 6m SSB