[Elecraft] Icom IC-7300

[Doug Person via Elecraft]

I gave the FT-991 a short, intense work out.  I was the first buyer from 
Ham Radio Outlet.  I just sold it.  Having spent the last part of my 
career as a Usability Engineer - I was not impressed with the FT-991.  
Not from a performance stand point and most importantly not from a 
usability stand point.  However, I think that larger, color, 
touch-sensitive displays are the future of pretty much all U/I's.  I 
personally expect that Elecraft plans on the K3S to remain as a main 
line product for many years to come.  However,  I think we're at the 
cusp of a tidal change.  It's the way of technology.  Faster, more 
powerful, more specialized processors will probably make super-hetrodyne 
obsolete.  It certainly has been an enduring technology and one that is 
still remarkably capable.

I might add that I truly appreciate the K3 and the K-Line.  I sold my 
first set a few years ago and went with a high-end Icom.  After about 6 
months I sold it and bought another K-Line.  I will not make that 
mistake again!

All the arguments supporting the current K3 front panel arrangement are 
all valid and I completely support them.  I like having the kind of 
control the K3 gives me.  On the other hand, I'm working on a complete 
flat-panel, touch sensitive interface using both Windows 10 and Linux 
(Probably OS/X as well) because I designed U/I's for a living and I'm 
curious to see what can be done.  I can easily envision a knobless, 
buttonless, completely integrated flat-panel transceiver whose entire 
user interface can be reconfigured at will be the user.  Truly - it's 
only a matter of who will do it first.  I would probably buy one.  But - 
it would not replace the K3.

73, Doug -- K0DXV

On 9/3/2015 8:48 AM, Henry Pollock - K4TMC wrote:
> Sherwood Engineering test data is available at
> http://www.sherweng.com/table.html.
>
> The FT-991 was added back on 8/05.  It is way down the list!
>
> 73,
> Henry - K4TMC
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:25 AM, bs usb <bsusb at k5dkz.com> wrote:
>
>> I think ICOM is a day late and a dollar short.  Yaesu beat them to it with
>> the FT-991.
>> I have not found any performance tests on either one of these radios.  I
>> might have to buy one and test it myself.
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