[Elecraft] Elecraft KX2 compared with the latest "Ultra Portable" (?)

[Al Lorona]

Poor Wayne. No matter how he positions an Elecraft product, a prevailing response is, "Yeah, but Elecraft doesn't do A or B."

As consumers, we have been perfectly conditioned to regard more as better. I mean, if Brand X has 'more' than Brand Y, we automatically declare Brand X the winner. Brand X covers more bands? It's better. Brand X has more ADC bits? It *must* be better!

There's something to be said about *doing* something better, as opposed to simply *having* more, isn't there? Wayne touched on this when he pointed out the huge discrepancy in current drain between the two rigs. As you know, this is hugely important for any portable or solar-powered situation. It is a major reason why, just for instance, I could not  for a moment consider the new Icom 7610 because of it's 3x current drain versus the K3. My station is solar-powered and I have to worry about this. So that's a primary consideration for me, regardless of how much 'more' the 7610 may have.

Simply having more isn't necessarily better. I know that's counterintuitive, but only because of our consumer conditioning.

Al  W6LX