[Elecraft] Copy cat - no way

[Buddy Brannan]

Howdy Walter,

Really have to agree here. To most, if not all, of these guys, QRP mean slow output power. OK, great, as far as it goes, but you’re right. Whereas Yaekenlincowood just create what amounts to a low output power version of something else they already have more or less, Elecraft takes the whole design into consideration. If you don’t believe, and who here doesn’t, just look at, as one metric, current draw on receive. OK…is that really power efficient? Even the Chinese designs like the Xiegu X108/X5105/G90/G1M have pretty high current draw, relatively speaking, and they were never designed with QRO counterparts. Elecraft works hard to optimize the whole design, taking into account use cases for QRP, many of which will involve outdoor use with extended power requirements away from commercial electricity. Iteally matters. OK, every design has compromises, but I think Elecraft is very mindful of which compromises are acceptable to the end goal. 


Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Email: buddy at brannan.name
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> On Sep 4, 2019, at 6:13 AM, Walter - K5EST <walter.k5est at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Elecraft has the best I have found for portable and QRP comms. Lots of low
> power competition just dazzle the rig or spiffy the cabinet but Elecraft is
> the real winner to me.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Walter Dufrain - K5EST
> QRPcw--> KX1,KX2,KX3
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