Alex, The 8709 was probably another in their line of surveillance receivers. It has Wide IF filter, so is not as selective and good in crowded bands as a K2.
There are few receivers in the world that beat the K2 specs, if any. The WJ is a fine commercial EMC or military type receiver for its monitoring purposes. It however, was never intended to be competitive in a ham contest operation on phone, and of course does not have the filters to acquit itself on CW or narrow modes. But, they surely look great, like a radio should look. I am sure it is sensitive, and is more compact than its brother full rack model. I bet you did not pay full price for it, either? ;-) (It cost uncle more than most ham stations combined). 73, Stuart K5KVH old EMC/RFI user of WJ products _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
