Hmm, if you adjust for inflation this new 7700 is a bit cheaper in real terms in Europe than the Kenwood TS940SAT was at launch time.
the 7700 is a much better featured radio than the 940. 73 Brendan EI6IZ On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 21:58 +1100, Shaun Oliver wrote: > I'm sorry to sound like some kind of whining bitch, but, is it me, or is > amateur radio fast becoming a pissing contest of sorts to see who has > the flashiest rig at the cost of a new car. I for one refuse to spend > that amount of money on a hobby I know I'll get alot of fun out of. I'm > not completely sure about contests and what place they hold within the > amateur community, but I'm sure there's a place and a reason for them. > hell, I might even try my hand at a couple when I finally gain me ticket. > you don't need the latest icom or kenwood or yaesu, which you'd have to > take out a mortgage to own, half the fun as far as I'm concerned is > working with what you have. and sometimes, that might be a pile of cow > shit, some duct tape, fencing wire for a feeder and a couple of aluminum > coke cans for a matching circuit, and an old valve radio that's been > beaten to death and still manages to put out it's full power. if the > above works, why change? > me, I'm all for having a nice long chat with the fellas and working a > little dx occasionally. I use to like to do that on the chocolate box > but, there's too many fools there for that to be any fun anymore. > sorry if I sound whiney but, yeah there you have it, my 2 cents worth. > > > On 18/03/2008 9:47 PM, the old scribe known as Bill W4ZV was able to > impart this pearl of wisdom: > > > > > > W7is wrote: > >> If your interested in seeing the latest offering of a > >> contest grade transceiver, take a look at this link. > >> Reading their brochure is a real hoot!! During the next > >> 10 days it will be making its official debut. > >> > > > > Not news. IC-7700 was announced about the same time (i.e. Dayton last year) > > as the K3. You too can spend twice as much as a K3, with no Sub RX and get > > worse performance. I'm sure the contest gang will gobble these up...NOT. > > You could buy 2 fully K3s outfitted for SO2R for less than one IC-7700...but > > it sure is pretty! ;-) > > > > 73, Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Don‘t complain. Nobody will understand. Or care. And certainly don‘t try to fix the situation yourself. It‘s dangerous. Leave it to a highly untrained, unqualified, expendable professional. _______________________________________________ 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
