[Elecraft] K4

[Jack Chomley]

Fair comment, Joe :-)  Just trying to avoid the super sized radio concept. Rather see standalone purpose built radios, yes I know it can mean multiple units to make a station. If one breaks, you are not totally off air and they are less complex to drive.......I need a good replacement for my 736R, that is easy to use field portable :-)

73,

Jack. VK4JRC

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On 27/07/2011, at 1:48 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com> wrote:

> 
> > The K4 would be better off, with NO HF :-)
> 
> Why?  Considering that 28 MHz is required as the IF for the VHF/UHF
> "band modules" (transverters) and the base K3/K4 would include the
> 8/10 Watt six meter capability, there is no cost difference/impact.
> 
> I would think that providing a way to keep the sub-receiver active
> during transmit, allowing a second transverter to feed the sub RX
> for cross band/multi band receive, and providing an "inverted link"
> mode for the VFOs (for inverted transponder satellite work) would
> make the K3/10 with XV stack essentially the perfect VHF/UHF rig -
> other than the lack of a large case to hold the XV stack internally.
> 
> 73,
> 
>   ... Joe, W4TV
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/26/2011 11:21 PM, Jack Chomley wrote:
>> 
>> The K4 would be better off, with NO HF :-) Similar to the 736R and the later Icom 910H.
>> Now that the 910H has been replaced with the higher priced Icom 9100, that includes HF.
>> The market is short on VHF/UHF only radios with Multimode and SAT capability, as standalone radios.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Jack VK4JRC
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 27/07/2011, at 12:18 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV"<lists at subich.com>  wrote:
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