[Elecraft] FT-5000

[lstavenhagen]

Well I dunno. From looking at the specs on the website, I can't see that the
FT-5000 is going to offer anything over and above what you can get with the
K3, really. At least nothing off the top of my head that would justify the
extra cost.

The only feature I see appearing on more rigs that I'd say Elecraft might
want to look into is the 200W final amp. This is nice because, IMO, 
- it reduces the need to go kilowatt with an outboard amp. True it's only a
doubling of the typical 100W output, but you can go for quite a while longer
without having to invest in a KW.
- more headroom for high-duty cycle modes like the digital modes. I.e. you
can go 100% duty-cycle at higher power levels than with a 100W final. 
- very very cushy duty on the final when you are driving an amplifier,
particularly one of the older dual 3-500Z amps which can require quite a bit
of drive to get to full power. You can run that higher drive level into it
all day long without having to be flat out or close to it like you sometimes
are with a 100W final into one of the "boat anchors".

It's probably a relatively low investment in R&D and parts, etc., for
Elecraft to implement too (tho maybe the size might be a problem in the
K3?). 

That'd be my suggestion as far as a good bang/buck investment Elecraft could
make.

The claimed IP3 performance of the 5000 is pretty good indeed, but I'll
believe it when I see it. Like I said a lot of these boxes are still trying
to match the K2 as far as performance hi hi.

73,
LS
W5QD


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