Well said Dave I am a rig tragic like you and many others.
I have always got to buy and try all the newest rigs and then move them on if I am not that smitten. My current rigs/keepers are a K3 (2008 vintage), TS890, Omni 6+, Orion 2 (three of those !), SunSDR2DX. Been and gone rigs include the IC7851, IC7610, TS990 (only because it got too heavy for me so I got the TS890), MB1, Flex 6600M and a number of others. I have not yet succumbed to the FTDX101 or the FTDX10 but may give one or the other a try. However, one of my main requirements is good quiet QSK so I am not sure that the Yaesu is suitable and the bandscope strikes me as horrible. I too have had a no deposit K4D on order for about two years. I intend to just let the order sit there and see if anything eventually happens and if it does I expect I will buy it !! Barry VK2BJ On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 13:28, Dave Erickson <ra...@disseminator.net> wrote: > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to vk...@optusnet.com.au ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
