[Elecraft] New Contest Transceiver

[Brendan Minish]

Hmm,

if you adjust for inflation this new 7700 is a bit cheaper in real terms
in Europe than the Kenwood TS940SAT was at launch time.

the 7700 is a much better featured radio than the 940.

73
Brendan EI6IZ 


On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 21:58 +1100, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> I'm sorry to sound like some kind of whining bitch, but, is it me, or is 
> amateur radio fast becoming a pissing contest of sorts to see who has 
> the flashiest rig at the cost of a new car. I for one refuse to spend 
> that amount of money on a hobby I know I'll get alot of fun out of. I'm 
> not completely sure about contests and what place they hold within the 
> amateur community, but I'm sure there's a place and a reason for them. 
> hell, I might even try my hand at a couple when I finally gain me ticket.
> you don't need the latest icom or kenwood or yaesu, which you'd have to 
> take out a mortgage to own, half the fun as far as I'm concerned is 
> working with what you have. and sometimes, that might be a pile of cow 
> shit, some duct tape, fencing wire for a feeder and a couple of aluminum 
> coke cans for a matching circuit, and an old valve radio that's been 
> beaten to death and still manages to put out it's full power. if the 
> above works, why change?
> me, I'm all for having a nice long chat with the fellas and working a 
> little dx occasionally. I use to like to do that on the chocolate box 
> but, there's too many fools there for that to be any fun anymore.
> sorry if I sound whiney but, yeah there you have it, my 2 cents worth.
> 
> 
> On 18/03/2008 9:47 PM, the old scribe known as Bill W4ZV was able to 
> impart this pearl of wisdom:
> > 
> > 
> > W7is wrote:
> >> If your interested in seeing the latest offering of a 
> >> contest  grade transceiver,  take a look at this link. 
> >> Reading their  brochure is a real hoot!!     During the next 
> >> 10 days it will be making its official debut.  
> >>
> > 
> > Not news.  IC-7700 was announced about the same time (i.e. Dayton last year)
> > as the K3.  You too can spend twice as much as a K3, with no Sub RX and get
> > worse performance.  I'm sure the contest gang will gobble these up...NOT. 
> > You could buy 2 fully K3s outfitted for SO2R for less than one IC-7700...but
> > it sure is pretty!  ;-)
> > 
> > 73,  Bill
> > 
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