Yes a new test would be in order the FTDX-5000 has had many improvements since that test date in 2010 a lot of the firmware seemed to still be beta as new versions came as often as twice a week or more sometimes. Became a real pain updating but they come less often now.
I find great pleasure in checking several of my radios with a push of a button on my amp where 3 radios can be checked on same antenna and signal within a split second. The 3 I have online right now are the FTDX-5000MP/K3/100 loaded/K2/100 loaded. My findings have been quite interesting to say the least for me anyway and enjoying every minute of it. To answer one poster's question it is a real horse race between the 5000 and the K3 with one never being a 100% winner but where the differences are is quite noticeable. Plus I might add that I'm a relativity new K3/P3 owner and not fully proficient with it yet by a far cry and have the 5000 since 3/10. I'm sure others have did this also but later on I may post some of my thoughts on these 2 rigs without any prejudice for either at this point. My thanks to Wayne for his input on the Sherwood ranking of the KX3 in the mix and how that was being misconstrued when comparing to the K3 and a few other rigs. In fact I was uncertain on that point and was doing some research when Wayne posted that for clarification. It really all is in the numbers and how you get there for sure. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 9:23 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Sherwood ranking But, when you look at those top three entries you have to ask the question "Are these measurements effectively the same?" I mean, is there any true discernible difference between those top radios. On Aug 10, 2012, at 6:14 PM, John K9UWA <[email protected]> wrote: > I would love to see Rob do the K3 radio AGAIN with the latest goodies in it. > Notice that it shows as tested in 2008. I would suspect some things > are better than the 2008 setup. > > John k9uwa > > >> Rob sorts the table based on IMDDR3 at a 2-kHz spacing. This is the >> second-to-last column of the table. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR > John Goller, K9UWA & Jean Goller, N9PXF Antique Radio Restorations > [email protected] Visit our Web Site at: > http://www.JohnJeanAntiqueRadio.com > 4836 Ranch Road > Leo, IN 46765 > USA > 1-260-637-6426 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
