Performance simply is not the issue here. Elecraft has made a marketing decision to market one radio and it is priced in the middle of the Ham-consumer pack with other radios with similar performance. They have opted to skip the entry-level market (like Icom with the 7300 that you can get for basically $1000, and a range of radios at different price points). Many people can't pony up the $4,000+ for the new (now) entry level Elecraft (no matter what the performance) and will go elsewhere for their radios. This is a different model than the entry level K3 that initially started barely over $1,000.
That's what's up here... As Rob says in all of his talks... "Any of the radios in the top 10+ are about the same in performance... you serve yourself best buying one with the options that suit you". Unless, of course, you are a performance number chaser... Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ email: [email protected] -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
