On 6/8/2021 12:25 PM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote:
Not so, Doug.
My K3, including accessories and filters, was $4,500 in 2007. That's
$5,722 in today's dollars.
A K4 with all its advanced technology at $4,600 (your quote) is a steal
compared to a K3.
The word "expensive" can be applied to the K4 (or any product) only when
answering the question, "compared to what?" Otherwise it has no
meaning. Nothing is expensive or inexpensive on its own. The word has
relevance only when comparing the price of two or more products.
73,
Kent K9ZTV
On 6/7/2021 9:33 PM, Doug Person, KØDXV, wrote:
... With a tuner the [K4] price is $4600 making it one of the most
expensive transceivers on the market ... When the K3 came out it was
very competitively priced. I'm not sure I would describe the K4 with
the same words. It is unquestionably an expensive radio.
.
All,
I followed along this thread and I think it's not useful to compare the
K4 to the K3. The K3 to the K2 makes sense, even a KX3 to a K3 as they
are more similar.
I think the only radio on the market right now that can be compared to
the K4 is the 7610 from ICOM. And frankly, it's not so good for the K4.
A little over a year ago, I was in the market for a high end transceiver
and basically decided between waiting for a K4 or buy a 7610. I bought
the Icom. While I am sure the K4 is a better radio in some ways, the
question is: is it twice as good? (Add tuner, second ADC, etc.)
Looking at the specs, I am shocked the K4 is shipping with only one ADC.
At the price point and with the 7610 on the market for $2900 all day
long it's a serious flaw for me.
The K4 also has no pre-selector that I can tell and that is useful too
me at times, especially on the low bands.
IMO the competition for the K4 is the 7610 as they are architecturally
very similar.
Maybe an Apache ANON 7000 DLE would be in there as well but the Icom
beats that too IMO. (Since it has buttons, and a tuner, and pin-diode
QSK etc)
That said, I have since bought a K3 to go with the 7610 and will likely
get a K4 and an ANON in the future so I am as hopeless as the rest.
73's all.
--
Dave Erickson
AB0R
73
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