[Elecraft] FT5000 review in Radcom

[Edward R Cole]

Price!  One of the reasons I chose the K3 over the Flex5000.
Dual-Rx is an essential part of my use.  Both Rx must lock in frequency.
Portability (previously discussed), is another.
Rx performance is the primary one (low phase noise LO).
K3 looks nice on my radio shelf!

Ed - KL7UW

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Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 22:49:39 +0100
From: Stephen  Prior <sjp at sjprior.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: [Elecraft] FT5000 review in Radcom
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One has to be real about this.  The likely price of the FT5000 will, I
suspect, be several times that of the K3. It won't run off 12V, and it
certainly would not fit on my operating desk! I also would not be prepared
to spend that kind of money. I would also wager that 99.9% of users would
notice no real world difference in receive performance between it and the
K3, or indeed one or two other other top end radios.  It is, however, very
pretty...!

Horses for courses....

73 Stephen G4SJP



73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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