[Elecraft] Will there be a K4

[Doug Person]

The P3 is far superior to the spectrum display on the 7610? In what way? 
Are you sure you understand how to configure the 7610 display?

Doug -- KJ0F

On 3/25/2019 8:51 AM, K8TE wrote:
> I will visit a friend to operate his station again for the CQ WW WPX SSB
> Contest this coming weekend.  We use these opportunities to motivate and
> train new contesters.  His main rig is an IC-7610.  I will bring my KPA1500
> to substitute for his 600 Watt amplifier and tuner since neither provides
> the kind of integration the K-Line can.
>
> I greatly prefer operating my K3/P3 over the IC-7610!  The P3 is a far
> better panadaptor than the IC-7610's!  The K3's user interface is much
> simpler and more effective to operate than the IC-7610's.  BTW, this his the
> second IC-7610 in my friend's shack as the first failed 46+ times during
> last November's ARRL SS-SSB Contest (we may have missed counting some).
> Icom had the radio for several weeks and found no trouble.  I give them
> credit for replacing it after the November debacle, no questions asked.  The
> replacement didn't fail during the ARRL DX-SSB Contest in February.
>
> The K4, when it comes, I assert, will not be about aesthetics, but
> performance and features serious hams want.  If you haven't been paying
> attention, a significant number of those hams have replaced their K3S radios
> with the Flex 6700.  Their feature set and performance have set a standard
> the K4 will need to excede.  I am confident it will.
>
> The K3S is definitely NOT "dated" with regard to performance.  Check out Rob
> Sherwood's, NC0B, receiver performance listing:
> http://www.sherweng.com/table.html.  The K3S is #2 for transceivers with the
> upgraded K3 immediately behind it.  Elecraft's challenge is to provide a
> significant improvement in performance which depends upon both hardware and
> engineering.  That is more difficult than ever before.  The K3 was a
> game-changer.  I suspect we won't see a K4 until it too can change the game.
>
> I am amused by some of the Luddite comments regarding touch screens and
> computer interfacing.  Yes, the K3S is an awesome stand-alone rig and the
> K-Line abely performs without a computer in sight.  However, most of us have
> progressed from contesting and DX'ing using paper and pen.  Don't use a
> computer if you don't want, but don't knock the many advantages a computer
> in the shack provides.  After all, it is 2019.  Read your equipment manuals,
> get KE7X's books, and see what else you can do with your Elecraft gear.
> Most of all, have fun.
>
> I recall watching the KPA1500 poster go up on the wall at the IDXC in
> Visalia.  I look forward to seeing the K4 poster there or in Xenia!  After
> all, it's just my kids' inheritance I'm spending and enjoying.
>
> 73, Bill, K8TE
>
>
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73 de Doug -- KJ0F