I gave the FT-991 a short, intense work out. I was the first buyer from
Ham Radio Outlet. I just sold it. Having spent the last part of my
career as a Usability Engineer - I was not impressed with the FT-991.
Not from a performance stand point and most importantly not from a
usability stand point. However, I think that larger, color,
touch-sensitive displays are the future of pretty much all U/I's. I
personally expect that Elecraft plans on the K3S to remain as a main
line product for many years to come. However, I think we're at the
cusp of a tidal change. It's the way of technology. Faster, more
powerful, more specialized processors will probably make super-hetrodyne
obsolete. It certainly has been an enduring technology and one that is
still remarkably capable.
I might add that I truly appreciate the K3 and the K-Line. I sold my
first set a few years ago and went with a high-end Icom. After about 6
months I sold it and bought another K-Line. I will not make that
mistake again!
All the arguments supporting the current K3 front panel arrangement are
all valid and I completely support them. I like having the kind of
control the K3 gives me. On the other hand, I'm working on a complete
flat-panel, touch sensitive interface using both Windows 10 and Linux
(Probably OS/X as well) because I designed U/I's for a living and I'm
curious to see what can be done. I can easily envision a knobless,
buttonless, completely integrated flat-panel transceiver whose entire
user interface can be reconfigured at will be the user. Truly - it's
only a matter of who will do it first. I would probably buy one. But -
it would not replace the K3.
73, Doug -- K0DXV
On 9/3/2015 8:48 AM, Henry Pollock - K4TMC wrote:
Sherwood Engineering test data is available at
http://www.sherweng.com/table.html.
The FT-991 was added back on 8/05. It is way down the list!
73,
Henry - K4TMC
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:25 AM, bs usb <[email protected]> wrote:
I think ICOM is a day late and a dollar short. Yaesu beat them to it with
the FT-991.
I have not found any performance tests on either one of these radios. I
might have to buy one and test it myself.
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