[Elecraft] ADT-200A Fully DSP transceiver

[Bill W5WVO]

Plus, it doesn't have 6 meters! Makes it pretty useless to me. They talk about 
2m and up transverters coming along in future, but nothing at all about 6m.

Bill W5WVO

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
> It looks like a nice mid-performance rx, minimalist user interface,
> design. Though at 4,600 swiss francs (about $4,351 U.S. plus shipping)
> it is pricey for their level of rx performance.
>
> At 50W it will not have enough drive to drive most legacy tube based
> amps to full power, especially the widely used 3-500z based legacy
> amps from Heath and Ameritron.
>
> A few comparative Rx numbers from their web page versus the K3:
>
>                K3     ADT-200A
> IMDDR3        102 dB     96 dB
> Blocking DR   140 dB    112 dB   (desenses 28 dB earlier than K3 RX)
> 2nd Order IP  +79 dBm   +60 dBm  (IMD from out of band sigs 19 dB
> worse than K3)
>
> It is an interesting design with some unique ideas. It will be fun to
> see where they take it over time.
>
> Of course, we'll keep improving the K3 too! ;-)
>
> 73, Eric  WA6HHQ
>
>
> Paul Christensen wrote:
>>> There are many aspects of the ADT-200A that fall short of the K3
>>> (only 50W, some
>>> software upgrades
>>> being charged for, lack of front panel controls, non standard
>>> control protocol, etc).
>>>
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