[Elecraft] KX1 vs. FT-817

[Karl Larsen]

    When you try to compare two radios you get into a can of worms. I 
own an FT-817 of about 5 years ago and it's a fine radio. It covers 6 
meters and the two VHF-UHF bands that are not on a KX1.

    But the KX1 uses less input power on receive and thus will last a 
lot longer on the internal battery pack.

    But the KX1 has no SSB and the FT-817 does.

    You go around like this and miss the real good points of both radios 
:-)

The KX1 is made to be carried in a pack to hard to walk to places. It 
has a built in paddle and it works fine. I have taken my FT-817 on 
similar trips and it does well too, but it needs more battery.

    So both radios do the same thing but the FT-817 does a few more tricks.

73 Karl K5DI




Alexandra Carter wrote:
> I am very happy to announce that I am apparently all wet!
>
> From the sound of it, the KX1 I built a couple of years ago had some 
> undocumented "features" built in like perhaps the partial deafness 
> problem. Some serious testing on my part would have sniffed this out 
> and caused me to hunt down and solve the problem.
>
> I am working on a K1 now, and when it's done I'll make sure it's 
> recieving the way it ought to.
>
> 73 de Alex NS6Y
>
>
> On Jul 10, 2006, at 1:56 PM, ron wrote:
>>
>> I always thought them KX1's were far superior to them  817's!
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