Well your experience is much different than mine. I enjoy all the brands
just as I enjoy many brands of guitars, telescopes, and cars.
None have been as responsive as Elecraft. But, I certainly haven't been
subjected to rudeness or condescension (the latter would be a serious
mistake on anyone's part.)
I have nice examples of all the brands and I have my favorites.
The "Man/Machine" interface as an engineering challenge is always
fascinating.
Doug -- KJ0F
On 7/4/2018 11:10 AM, Tom wrote:
My experience with technical support from Icom, .. most emails go
unanswered. Phone calls get resolved. Very little feedback for
firmware updates or issues.
My experience with Yaesu, some of the most rude and condescending
support staff anywhere. Horrible to deal with. Everything is "send in
the radio".
My experience with Elecraft, top notch, always want to help, sometimes
slow firmware updates, but always proportional to the number of requests.
Ergonomics: Feel of controls, and quality of controls: Yaeus first,
followed by Icom, then Elecraft. Using a FTDX-5000 is just real
pleasure.
73 Tom
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-----Original Message----- From: Doug Turnbull
Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 1:40 PM
To: 'Doug Person' ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S VS: IC-7300
Friends,
There are some other points not mentioned. Yes, I agree the K3 is
pricy but the performance is there. However for most things the IC-7300
does a grand job as does the TD590s. For now and for some considerable
time in the past though the K3 has had a superior receiver good in
contests
and with high power neighbours.
Other K3/S advantages:
1)Modular construction allows one to only purchase what is relevant to
your
needs and to build the radio up over time if desired. This also
facilitates repair as modules can be swapped or sent back to California.
No need to send the entire radio. Elecraft if you make a new radio
in the
future try to maintain this modular approach.
2) Just what type of support does one get from Icom? I very much doubt
there is an equal forum with the designers involved. Support from the
factory in getting questions answered is also excellent.
3)More attention should be given to the clean output signal of the K3.
4)I wonder if the facilitation of digimodes by the 7610 is the equal
of the
K3/S.
5) There is a very full line of accessories for the Elecraft line and
again
all of this is modular.
6) The ability to at least assemble the radio gives the owner of a kit
built
radio a better understanding as to operation and trouble shooting if ever
needed. It also saves on import duties into the EU.
Maybe Wayne should toot Elecrafts horn for these advantages as well.
Again though you can work DX with an old FTDX 100 or Drake 2B with
Johnson
Ranger at much lower cost it will not be so well facilitated. The fully
equipped K3 is not an inexpensive radio it is a Porsche of the radio
world.
I can not imagine a company better than Elecraft to deal with
though
I understand that Flex is pretty good and so to has TenTec been in the
past.
Are they as good - this is hard for me to believe.
73 Doug EI2CN
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Doug Person
Sent: 04 July 2018 17:11
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3S VS: IC-7300
I didn't see any comparison chart for the K3S and the IC-7610. I did
see the comparison of the K3S with the IC-7300. This made me laugh. By
the time you add up the required options for the K3S to achieve feature
parity with the IC-7300 it costs 3 times as much. This actually makes
the IC-7300 look like a really good deal. The IC-7300 is, after all, an
entry level radio.
I'll never stop being impressed by the ability of the K3/K3S. But, to
me, it is no longer cost competitive. The only advantage the K3S has
today is it has one of the best receivers. I doubt this advantage will
last much longer.
Doug -- KJ0F
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