I think this is Icom's way of dipping their toe in the water and not upsetting their fan base by introducing an SDR in convention looking hardware. I am confident that they will be releasing a whole line of stand alone SDR rigs...
The question will be what quality ADC Icom uses in the front end of the 7300 and how clean (phase noise) they can make the synthesizer (clock). If they have enough ADC bits to provide dynamic range, their claimed synthesizer phase noise comparison should put the 7300 at about the same level as the Ten-Tec Eagle in the Sherwood "chart" (e.g., 92-95 dB IMDDR3, -134 dBc @ 10 KHz phase noise, 125-130 dB 100 KHz blocking [ADC limited]). If Icom "cheaps out" and uses an ADC with limited resolution (number of bits) like some of its commercial products, the 7300 is likely to fall way down the list - into the neighborhood of the IC-7000 or FT-2000. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 9/3/2015 3:19 PM, Wm Robert Leschyna wrote:
Personally I feel that a touch screen is a must in a "stand alone" (no pc needed) SDR, as it allows the future development and or creation and use of soft keys for functions that we may not even think of today. As for the IC7300, most of the time you will likely be using the most commonly used functions which appear to be tied the physical knobs and buttons, and not have to touch the screen that much. SDR is the way of the future, heck it is the way now, and I think this is Icom's way of dipping their toe in the water and not upsetting their fan base by introducing an SDR in convention looking hardware. I am confident that they will be releasing a whole line of stand alone SDR rigs... I have owned a K2 a couple K3s and KX3, I love Elecraft and love supporting a made in North American brand, but frankly am confused as to why Elecraft isn't leading the pack on stand-alone SDR? 73 Bob ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to li...@subich.com
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