ICOM's new 7850 & 7851

[Stephen Schrack]

Just wanted to put out a question to the group of experts out there.  Is the new ICOM 7850/7851 something that will top the Sherwood charts or is this new Elite Class Transceiver just a rehash/refresh of the 7800 with updated components.  Can it compete with the K3 and Flex 6700 transceiver numbers or is this radio just marketing hype by ICOM.
 
73  Steve N3MX        
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[Jim Bolit]

Steve,

Depends on what you are looking for.

The Sherwood site , essentially, sorts on *ONE* column of data.  Bob has
pointed this out many times.

Depending on what "column" meets your needs, will determine what radio you
MAY want to further do research on.

Myself, I choose Bob's sort MANY years ago with the Drake C-line set of
roofing filters.  What "appears" to be the latest rage, was in fact, pointed
out over 35 years ago.  The modified Drake R4-C still ranks in the upper
tiers of receivers for close in signal performance, however, that would not
be my choice of receivers now.

I currently have the C line on the other desk and use it occasionally.  

My main, go to rig, is the K3 for the same reason I went with Sherwood in
the 70's, which is, nearby signal performance.  I would NOT choose the K3
for receive audio, but all weighted factors taken into account, I went with
the K3.

Now the K3 with the Timewave 599ZX in the audio chain is killer, YMMV.

Jim
W6AIM



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Subject: [Elecraft] ICOM's new 7850 & 7851

Just wanted to put out a question to the group of experts out there.  Is the
new ICOM 7850/7851 something that will top the Sherwood charts or is this
new Elite Class Transceiver just a rehash/refresh of the 7800 with updated
components.  Can it compete with the K3 and Flex 6700 transceiver numbers or
is this radio just marketing hype by ICOM.
 
73  Steve N3MX        
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