Well, since I already took the XYL on a 2-week Alaskan cruise in August, I guess I'm good to go for the FT5000 :-)
But I won't. I know I'm in the minority here, but if they took the second receiver out and lowered the cost accordingly, it would have more appeal. I appreciate the TX IMD, except that keying waveform and resulting spectrum sucks. I could do without the panadapter since the SDR-IQ as I use on the K3 suits my needs. The FT5000 size is more my cup of tea though. I'm old enough to remember when the first new car I bought (also a Pontiac) stickered at $1,800, so $6K for a radio sounds like a lot of dough. But that was before the $100 bill became the new twenty and it was then half a year's salary. To put things in perspective, I paid $2,200 for my TS-870 over 10 years ago and I still have it, and I wouldn't sell it for less than half that. So on a cost per year basis, it's not much. I don't play golf, so I'm entitled to at least one other indulgence. Regards, Wes Stewart, N7WS --- On Mon, 11/15/10, KW4H <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to be deliberately crass, but I > have absolutely no use for a $6,000+ > radio -- contesting or not. Like most hams, this is a > hobby I do for fun, > and spending that kind of money on a transceiver is > virtually unthinkable. > For the price of that rig, I could buy some new living room > furniture and > take the XYL on a two week Caribbean cruise. > > 73! > > Steve, KW4H ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
