Re: [Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwood reports?

2012-03-11 Thread Jim Lowman
The Zuni Loop QRP Field Day group has been an Elecraft-based effort for some time. One year, as I recall, it was exclusively K2s in operation. Last summer, someone even brought his K3 up there. The group consistently places within the top few percent in the QRP category nationwide. There is also

Re: [Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwood reports?

2012-03-11 Thread goldtr8
I also drooled at the 7600 as I am a 7000 user. But the more I learned the more I realized that I could get a better bse radio in the K3 and then add to it as necessary. You can build a K3 to have all the bells and whistles of a 7800 if you want plus get the K3 RX. But remember on other th

Re: [Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwood reports?

2012-03-11 Thread Igor Sokolov
Russian DX contest and WPX SSB contest. We will use K3 with subRX and Expert 1K-FA amp from there between the 16th and 27th of March. - Original Message - From: "Hisashi T Fujinaka" To: Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 1:09 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwo

Re: [Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwood reports?

2012-03-10 Thread Scott Manthe
Here's a link the the Sherwood specs. The IC-7600 is a decent radio, but you can get nicely appointed K3 and you'll have a better radio in all respects, excepting the fish-finder. http://www.sherweng.com/table.html Notice that the IC-7600 has the 25th ranked receiver in that table. The Icom's

Re: [Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwood reports?

2012-03-10 Thread Jim Brown
On 3/10/2012 11:09 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: > But a friend told me how much he liked the Icom 7600 and wow are there some > nice bells and whistles on it. I used one on Field Day a year and a half ago. Yes, it was pretty, but it put out enough trash to bother other stations in our group. On

[Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwood reports?

2012-03-10 Thread Hisashi T Fujinaka
I'm fantasizing about a new radio and I do know how much I like my K2. A K3 would be the obvious progression. But a friend told me how much he liked the Icom 7600 and wow are there some nice bells and whistles on it. I want to know tech specs. I trust that I could email Elecraft and get much bette