[Elecraft] Elecraft IC-7610,

[Scott Russell]

Hey Charlie,

If you don’t mind I’ll share my thoughts coming from a Flex 6400 owner(I do
own a KX2 and KX3 too). Last year I moved to the Flex because at that time
it appeared to be the best option in the SDR world. I’ve always loved
Elecraft but the K3S and P3 were a bit out of my price range at the time and
didn’t have some of the features I was looking for since I was looking more
to SDR type products.

Fast forward to today with the K4 I am super impressed and it’s features out
way those of the Flex. That’s my opinion. One in particular, which Wayne
stated in this tread is the K4’s modularity. This is one thing that has been
in the back of my mind ever since owning the Flex. As far a I can tell Flex
(along with Icom, Yeasu, Kenwood) doesn’t have the ability built into the
hardware. At least they haven’t said and I’m sure they would have if they
did. This is a concern. Not only do Flex owners have to pay for software
updates, at what point will they have to upgrade the hardware to take
advantage of new features in software that can only be used with newer
hardware such as ADC? That’s huge in my mind and with Elecraft track record
with older models still being sold is a big advantage.

The 7610 and radios like Flex are wonderful radios, don’t get me wrong, but
I feel Elecraft is on the right and better track when it comes to listening
to their customers and producing a radio that works and works well for all
types of ham operator.

Hopefully I’ll be a K4 owner one day so I can have that piece of mind that
it will serve well for years to come.

Scott N1SER



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