[Elecraft] K4 standing on Sherwood's RX list

[Wes]

Rob doesn't use Elecraft equipment so I'm not sure whether he reads this list of 
not.  I do know that he has repeatedly said that any radio in the top 10 or more 
on his list would suit almost any user.  He also tries to implore people to NOT 
judge a radio purely on the sort order of the presented data. Many other factors 
are important too: ergonomics and reliability are prime concerns for me.

Even though my personal radio (loaned to Rob for testing) is near the top of the 
sorted list, based on my criteria it would be nowhere close to equipment I've 
owned before.  YMMV

Wes  N7WS


On 6/6/2019 9:38 AM, K5WA wrote:
> Maybe I've missed an answer since I don't read all the posts but I'm
> wondering if the K4HD's design should beat the K3S's on Sherwood's RX list.
> I'm sure it will be at least a year before that list is updated with a
> production K4HD so plenty of time to speculate.  I have not seen any
> detailed specifications out yet but it confuses me when I read that the K4HD
> will have a K3S front end.  I've got 3 K3's that are fully upgraded so maybe
> the K4 line is just a nice product packaging idea and not a serious jump in
> performance?  As you can tell, I am no RF engineer but simply a numbers guy
> who is interested in having a better performing rig purely for ego sake
> because the K3 already supplies and outperforms my contesting skills
> significantly.
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> Maybe this is an Eric or Wayne question.
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> Thanks,
>
> Bob K5WA