[Elecraft] Icom 7300 is available

[Doug Person]

Hard to compare other modern Icom transceivers to the 706 which had 
about the worse rx of any of their rigs in the past 30 years.  It was, 
after all, a mobile rig designed several decades ago.  The IC-7300 does 
represent an interesting step forward in technology.

Large, touch-enabled, menu driven color screens are the future.  It 
eliminates a lot of physical controls that add considerably to the final 
cost.  The actual specifications aren't always the final measure of 
cost/benefit.  Usability and accessibility are very important factors as 
well.

If I'm going to engage in serious contesting, the K3 is the obvious 
choice.  For everyday casual operating, I can have many enjoyable 
contacts with one of my ancient Swan Cygnet 270B's.  It's not always A 
VS: B.  Considering the features of the IC-7300 within it's price range 
- it's got a lot to offer.

A K3s/100 and a P3 (to match the features of the IC-7300) is vastly more 
expensive.  So there is no fair comparison between the two.

A K3s with the same set of features as the IC-7300 will cost $4,269.75, 
whereas the IC-7300 announced price (DXEngineering) is $1,499.00.  So 
that high-performance receiver essentially costs $2,770.75.

If you have spent serious time with an IC-7600, IC-7700, or IC-7800, you 
would absolutely NOT say their performance is mediocre.

Doug -- K0DXV

On 3/1/16 2:29 PM, lstavenhagen wrote:
> I guess you get what you pay for. To my knowledge, only Elecraft is capable
> of producing receivers that top the charts over at Sherwood engineering but
> still cost only what their competitors' "entry level" rigs do.
>
> I don't think the Icom leopard is necessarily going to change its spots with
> the 7300, it never has in the past.  Either the price is going to be really
> high or the performance mediocre (or maybe both). I personally have always
> been dismayed at how poor Icom's RX's have been even at the higher price
> ranges; even my K2 runs circles around my 706MKIIG in terms of RX
> performance.
>
> I think the highest bang/buck ratio is still held by Elecraft and I don't
> see that changing for quite a while...
>
> 73,
> LS
> W5QD
>
>
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