[Elecraft] K1 quick comparison to other rigs

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Bob;

Elecraft is designed and built for hams.  They don't compromise when
performance is needed.
Yaesu and some other manufactures build their gear for the market.  They
compete with eachother's bells and whistles.
The more bells and whistles you put into a rig the more compromises you get.
Most of the bells and whistles on allot oc commercial gear are rarely ever
used.
Plus to get more of you hard earned money, many manufacturers do not include
basic filtering so you have to buy them as accessories.  The IC-706 comes to
mind where the CW filter is too wide as well as the AM filter @ 15khz.  Not
useable at all so you have to fork out more money if you want to use AM.
There are some excellent commercial gear but it will cost you more than It
should!

just my $.02

Regards,
Robert
VE3RPF


----- Original Message -----
From: <BobDobson@aol.com>
To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; <support@elecraft.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 11:32 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 quick comparison to other rigs


> I just compared the K1 #690 receive sensitivity to
> a Yaesu FT-817 and a Kenwood TS-570SG.  I
> used some weak signals (due to rotten antennas
> most signals are weak here) and the Calibrated
> Eardrum (okay, the S-meter, too).  The K1 receiver
> is, at least in theory, less robust than its "full-featured"
> brethren, yet IS EVERY BIT AS CAPABLE OF DIGGING
> OUT WEAK SIGNALS.  And I have heard the K2
> receiver is significantly better; K2 #2537 awaits
> assembly in the shack.
>
> My question at this point is not so much "What is
> Elecraft doing right?" but rather "What are Kenwood,
> Yaesu, and Icom doing wrong?"  I expected the more
> expensive receivers to be at least a bit more sensitive,
> but are not, at least by my reckoning.  Yes, they have
> the whizzo-bango neato-torpedo filters, DSP, and Beat
> Canceling, but take away all that and you have a receiver
> that is no better than the K1.  Oh yes, and shall we try
> to actually service one of those?  I think not.  I feel
> utterly unafraid to go digging inside my K1 should the
> need arise.
>
> I'm almost scared to try to compare the K1 to my Icom
> 756PRO; I may jump off a bridge for having wasted my
> money.
>
> Elecraft: just keep up what you're doing and eventually
> the greater part of hamdom will be coming to you for
> quality radios instead of the "Big Three".  'Nuff said.
>
> 73 to all,
>
> Bob  WA4FOM
>
>
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