Having an FT857D and TS570D, when I compare the CW performance of my K2 with them, the K2 wins every time. Due in no small part to the narrow "roofing" filter inherent in a single conversion receiver, the good and quiet solid state change over and the low noise receiver.
On SSB the differences are less, especially if I ignore the FT857D as it's quite "hissy" on receive. The TS570 isn't a bad performer on SSB and has nice sounding audio. My K2's SSB unit is an early one and has a nominal bandwidth of 2.2 KHz. Compared to the wider bandwidth of the Kenwood, it will sound more restricted. Add the basic K2's power limitation of 10 Watts, which has more of an impact on SSB than CW, then it's no surprise the K2 tends to get less of an enthusiastic review when compared on SSB. 73 Dave, G4AON K2 #1892 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
