[Elecraft] TS870

[Brett gazdzinski]

Not sure its just the finals that are responsible,
but maybe the analog discrete low gain stuff in the rest
of the radio?

I do notice some of the modern radios have a class A
setting for the output stages, to clean things up?

At $12,000.00 I am not going to get one and find out...

Brett
N2DTS





 > As far as amateur communications go I think the quality of the
> transmitted audio makes more difference than the quality of the
> receiver. Some of the cleanest sounding SSB I have ever heard came
> from the Kenwood TS-520 / TS-820 / TS-830 transceivers with their tube
> finals. Then solid state PAs came along. I doubt if even the K3 output
> stages will have better linearity and IMD than a pair of 6146Bs in
> push-pull, but Elecraft is always capable of surprising us. ;)
> 
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