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ve3dvy

Re: OT: Kenwood's new rig? isnt this an elecraft reflector?

It seems like there are more kenwood posts here then Elecraft. :(

David Moes
VE3DVY

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> --- Original message ---
> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig?
> From: Dave-Boat Guy <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
> Date: Thursday, 10/05/2012 2:12 PM
>
> Let us not be too hasty to judge this beast. According to the
> Elecraft price sheet, a comparable K3 setup will cost almost $6800 and
> that does not give you a power supply or 200W, which is included with
> the Kenwood.
>
> Dave
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Bob K6UJ

Re: OT: Kenwood's new rig? isnt this an elecraft reflector?

I agree David.

There is a Yahoo group for the TS-990S: [hidden email]

73,
Bob
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On May 10, 2012, at 12:23 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

> It seems like there are more kenwood posts here then Elecraft. :(
>
>
>
> David Moes
> VE3DVY
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>
>>
>> --- Original message ---
>> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig?
>> From: Dave-Boat Guy <[hidden email]>
>> To: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
>> Date: Thursday, 10/05/2012 2:12 PM
>>
>> Let us not be too hasty to judge this beast. According to the
>> Elecraft price sheet, a comparable K3 setup will cost almost $6800 and
>> that does not give you a power supply or 200W, which is included with
>> the Kenwood.
>>
>> Dave
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Dave KQ3T

Re: OT: Kenwood's new rig? isnt this an elecraft reflector?

In reply to this post by ve3dvy

What am I missing? I don't come close to $6800:

(some prices rounded for convenience)
K3/100-F 2250
KAT3-F 340
P3-F 750
P3SVGA 260
KRX3-F 660
KXV3A 120
KBPF3 150
4 Xtal Filters ~550
========
Total 5080

73,
Dave KQ3T

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--- Original message ---
Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig?
From: Dave-Boat Guy<[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]<[hidden email]>
Date: Thursday, 10/05/2012 2:12 PM

Let us not be too hasty to judge this beast. According to the
Elecraft price sheet, a comparable K3 setup will cost almost $6800 and
that does not give you a power supply or 200W, which is included with
the Kenwood.

Dave

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N0AZZ

Re: OT: Kenwood's new rig? isnt this an elecraft reflector?

The Kenwood comes out higher than a FTDX-5000 even at that figure and
Kenwood will have to beat that price point to stay in the running. An
established radio with benchmarks like the 5000 and K3 are hard numbers to
break and being they are both SDR with firmware releases the numbers keep
improving on both several times a month. I wonder if Kenwood is ready to
devote that kind of time and support level for the continued improvement of
the radio and bug fixes.

As everyone knows Elecraft is one of the very best for that and Yaesu has
kept up on the FT-5000 so far for 2 years. There one failing so far has been
the dreaded white line on the sub display on a few radios, not all but
enough to that it seems a supplier dropped the ball on that lot of oled's.
For the most part we are jumping the gun so far all it seems to be is
Vaporware till a working radio clears the FCC and goes to ARRL for testing.

Let's go back and talk about Elecraft in my case the K2 lol, I'm hot on it
for now.

73,
Fred/N0AZZ

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Dave KQ3T
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 2:41 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig? isnt this an elecraft
reflector?

What am I missing? I don't come close to $6800:

(some prices rounded for convenience)
K3/100-F 2250
KAT3-F 340
P3-F 750
P3SVGA 260
KRX3-F 660
KXV3A 120
KBPF3 150
4 Xtal Filters ~550
========
Total 5080

73,
Dave KQ3T

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--- Original message ---
Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Kenwood's new rig?
From: Dave-Boat Guy<[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]<[hidden email]>
Date: Thursday, 10/05/2012 2:12 PM

Let us not be too hasty to judge this beast. According to the Elecraft
price sheet, a comparable K3 setup will cost almost $6800 and that does not
give you a power supply or 200W, which is included with the Kenwood.

Dave

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Arie Kleingeld PA3A-2

Re: OT: Kenwood's new rig? isnt this an elecraft reflector?

In reply to this post by ve3dvy

No there are not :-)

There are some OT-threads that can exist in this list.
In the case of the TS990: it is a friendly topic, it is no exploding
mailbomb, and it gives the listowner valuable marketing info.

73,
Arie PA3A

Op 10-5-2012 21:23, [hidden email] schreef:
> It seems like there are more kenwood posts here then Elecraft. :(
>
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> David Moes
> VE3DVY
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