[Elecraft] Icom IC-7300

[Phil Wheeler]

Re my statement "zero info on performance": Has 
anyone sorted out performance data from the charts 
here:

http://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/7300/default.aspx 
or in the pdf file linked here:

http://www.icomamerica.com/en/downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?Document=746

It's interesting to speculate where this Icom-7300 
would end up on the Sherwood chart. And how would 
it prevail in a strong-signal environment, like 
Field Day or an urban area like the one I'm in? 
Based on what I've seen it will be OK for casual 
operating and SDR "dabbling", but not for serious 
operators who contest, work DX or want to play at 
Field Day. For those uses the K3/K3S will blow it 
away.

In fact, given the KX3 SDR-based design, I wonder 
how it and the Icom-7300 will stack up against one 
another.

It will be interesting to see some IC-7300 numbers 
-- including the price!

73, Phil W7OX

p.s. -- like some others out there, a touch screen 
has no attraction for me. On cameras I usually 
disable that feature :-)

On 9/2/15 6:56 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
> Cute, but likely not my cup of tea.
>
> Plus, zero info on performance!
>
> 73, Phil W7OX
>
> On 9/2/15 4:51 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote:
>> Icom recently released news about the upcoming 
>> IC-7300 
>> <http://icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/7300/default.aspx> 
>> to be available by the end of the year.   A 
>> completely software-defined radio.  Looks like 
>> a real game-changer.
>> While the K3S is a nice upgrade, I think the 
>> tide is slowly shifting to touch sensitive, 
>> menu-driven, color displays.
>>
>> I certainly hope the Elecraft is looking at 
>> this and considering its implications.
>>
>>
>> Doug -- K0DXV
>
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