Don: Looking out my window, I can just see the old plant where National Radio used to be housed, about a mile and a half away. It's on the Malden - Melrose line, beside the railroad tracks. As a teenager, I dreamed of one day owing one of those new HRO-500s. Never did get one. Brian KB1VBF http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3...@embarqmail.com> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Which ONE rig would I buy? > Dave, > > I have to agree. My rig prior to the K2 was a Yaesu FT-900AT. I think > that rig is one of Yaesu's best kept secrets - good performance in a 100 > watt class transmitter and good receive performance. Removable front > panel - but the buttons and knobs were quite close together. When I > built my Field Test K2, I was surprised how much space there was between > the buttons and knobs. > > OK, there is not as much space between them as on my National NC-100 > receiver, but then that receiver is heavy (I have not weighed it), and > it is 19 inches wide and 8.5 inches high - the desktop rack cabinet it > resides in is 21 inches wide and about 16 inches deep. It is a real > behemoth compared to the K2 or the K3 or KX3, and all 3 of those > transceiver have vastly more function than that NC-100. > > That NC-100 has sentimental value because that receiver traded hands > between my old Elmer W8ELL and I several times - the price was always > what he initially bought it for - $35. Because of that fact, it will > pass with my estate - I will never sell it. > > So yes, I look at the comments that the Elecraft buttons are too close, > and I compare them with my FT-900 and just "shake my head" - either > those ops have really, really FAT fingers or they have not experienced > transceivers like the Yaesu FT-900. > > The FT-817 is much worse for econometrics - the tuning knob is too > small, the menus are too deep and the buttons are too small - yes, I > have an FT-817, and those are my user's assessments. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
