[Elecraft] Band stacking UI rant

[David Yarnes]

Cookie,

I'm only passingly familiar with the TS850.  But I have a very good friend 
whose opinion I respect greatly.  He has owned an 850 for years, and 
considers it to be superior in many ways to lots of newer rigs.  He does, 
however, have a K2 (and a K1), and considers the K2 to be superior on 
receive to his 850.  I am pretty sure he also has his eye on a K3, and will 
probably order one when the dust settles.  He has told me more than once 
that he probably would have gotten rid of the 850 long ago if he had just 
seen something newer that really seemed justifiably better.  For him the K2 
is more of a field radio and/or QRP contest radio, but the K3 may dislodge 
his 850 ultimately.  So, you aren't the only one who holds the 850 in high 
regard.  It seems pretty certain that it is one of the "classics" that 
doesn't surrender easily.  I suspect you haven't seen much come along either 
that made you consider replacing your 850, but the K3 will probably succeed 
in doing that.  I probably should have paid more attention to the 850 myself 
when it came along originally, but I was pretty happy with Ten-Tec stuff 
back then.  I even have an Orion II now, but it doesn't get very much use 
due to the K3.  Anyway, prepare yourself to be in "hog heaven" with the K3!

Dave W7AQK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WILLIS COOKE" <wrcooke at flash.net>
To: <k6dgw at foothill.net>; "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Band stacking UI rant


Fred, your post is good news to me.  You make the K3
sound like what I want it to be.  I don't have a 250
Hz filter in my 850, just the 500 Hz, so I don't have
the ringing problem but a better noise blanker would
be welcome and a little less band noise will be
welcome.  I hardly dare to expect the near absence of
band noise that I see claimed, but I will welcome any
improvement.  I didn't realize just how good the
receiver in the 850 is until I tried to use a Yaesu
FT-900 in the ARRL 10 meter contest.  It had so much
intermod and other trash that I had to give up after
about 10 minutes and hook up the 850.  I can't say
that there was none on the 850, but much better.  If
the K3 improves on that I will be in hog heaven!

Cookie