The Kenwood comes out higher than a FTDX-5000 even at that figure and Kenwood will have to beat that price point to stay in the running. An established radio with benchmarks like the 5000 and K3 are hard numbers to break and being they are both SDR with firmware releases the numbers keep improving on both several times a month. I wonder if Kenwood is ready to devote that kind of time and support level for the continued improvement of the radio and bug fixes.
As everyone knows Elecraft is one of the very best for that and Yaesu has kept up on the FT-5000 so far for 2 years. There one failing so far has been the dreaded white line on the sub display on a few radios, not all but enough to that it seems a supplier dropped the ball on that lot of oled's. For the most part we are jumping the gun so far all it seems to be is Vaporware till a working radio clears the FCC and goes to ARRL for testing. Let's go back and talk about Elecraft in my case the K2 lol, I'm hot on it for now. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave KQ3T Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 2:41 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig? isnt this an elecraft reflector? What am I missing? I don't come close to $6800: (some prices rounded for convenience) K3/100-F 2250 KAT3-F 340 P3-F 750 P3SVGA 260 KRX3-F 660 KXV3A 120 KBPF3 150 4 Xtal Filters ~550 ======== Total 5080 73, Dave KQ3T ==================================================================== --- Original message --- Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig? From: Dave-Boat Guy<anavig...@yahoo.com> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net<elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Date: Thursday, 10/05/2012 2:12 PM Let us not be too hasty to judge this beast. According to the Elecraft price sheet, a comparable K3 setup will cost almost $6800 and that does not give you a power supply or 200W, which is included with the Kenwood. Dave ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2425/4990 - Release Date: 05/10/12 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
