K3 PowerPoint presentation

[Dave-Boat Guy]

This presentation is interesting and informative.

Although the K3 is undoubtedly an excellent radio, why must we hide behind the price of it by showing the cost of other radios it is being compared to?

>From my calculations, a K3 WITHOUT a band-scope or panadapter or spectrum display that is built up so that it is comparable in basic features to the Ten Tec Orion or ICOM 7800 or Yaesu FT9000 (which has a model that is significantly less than $10K), is pushing $4000.  Any method you use to to add a spectrum display will push it over that in a hurry.

I like to see honest advertising but one has to wonder about this sort of comparison.

Dave


     
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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

Hi Dave,

These are my slides, used from several past hamfest presentations. I
certainly wasn't trying to hide behind anything. They were made
available on the web site this morning at the request of several customers.

The only reason the general price of several other radios were noted in
the performance comparison table was to highlight how well the K3
receiver does in comparison, especially against the $10K plus radios.
Even with the P3 panadapter, we'll be well below 1/2 of that. To be
honest this is a very minor part of the slide presentation and I'll be
glad to remove the price info if people wish.

Except for the 7600, which has only been tested by Sherwood so far, all
of the RX numbers in the table are from published ARRL reviews.
Sherwood's numbers and those from the ARRL are usually in agreement
within a couple of dB for these tests.

73, Eric  WA6HHQ
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Dave-Boat Guy wrote:

> This presentation is interesting and informative.
>
> Although the K3 is undoubtedly an excellent radio, why must we hide behind the price of it by showing the cost of other radios it is being compared to?
>
> >From my calculations, a K3 WITHOUT a band-scope or panadapter or spectrum display that is built up so that it is comparable in basic features to the Ten Tec Orion or ICOM 7800 or Yaesu FT9000 (which has a model that is significantly less than $10K), is pushing $4000.  Any method you use to to add a spectrum display will push it over that in a hurry.
>
> I like to see honest advertising but one has to wonder about this sort of comparison.
>
> Dave
>  

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[Bill W4ZV]

Dave Boat-Guy wrote:

 > From my calculations, a K3 WITHOUT a band-scope or panadapter or
spectrum display that is built up so that it is comparable in basic
features to the Ten Tec Orion or ICOM 7800 or Yaesu FT9000 (which has
a model that is significantly less than $10K), is pushing $4000.  Any
method you use to to add a spectrum display will push it over that in a hurry.

 > I like to see honest advertising but one has to wonder about this
sort of comparison.

         One of the benefits of a modular approach like the K3 is
that I'm not forced to pay for features I don't want or need.  This
includes stuff like AM, FM, General Coverage, ATU, etc.  Why should I
load up my <$3000 Dual Diversity K3 with features I don't need for a
valid comparison?  The problem with the approach of most other rigs
is that I cannot delete features I don't want.  IMHO this is their
problem and one of the key reasons the K3 is such a good value if you
use a little care in configuring it.

                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV



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[AD6XY]

This is just the US way of doing things. Here in the UK we get "Please contact us for price" which means they look at you to work out how much you can afford and double it. Keep it up Eric as the alternative is bad for customers. Incidentally I think your prices for competing rigs are a little on the low side.

Thanks for the slides - I could do with some specifically on DSP for a talk I am due to give.

Mike