I have a TS850, K2 & K3 and I'm keeping all of them... 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:13:14 -0700, David Yarnes wrote: > Cookie, > > I'm only passingly familiar with the TS850. But I have a very good friend > whose opinion I respect greatly. He has owned an 850 for years, and > considers it to be superior in many ways to lots of newer rigs. He does, > however, have a K2 (and a K1), and considers the K2 to be superior on > receive to his 850. I am pretty sure he also has his eye on a K3, and will > probably order one when the dust settles. He has told me more than once > that he probably would have gotten rid of the 850 long ago if he had just > seen something newer that really seemed justifiably better. For him the K2 > is more of a field radio and/or QRP contest radio, but the K3 may dislodge > his 850 ultimately. So, you aren't the only one who holds the 850 in high > regard. It seems pretty certain that it is one of the "classics" that > doesn't surrender easily. I suspect you haven't seen much come along either > that made you consider replacing your 850, but the K3 will probably succeed > in doing that. I probably should have paid more attention to the 850 myself > when it came along originally, but I was pretty happy with Ten-Tec stuff > back then. I even have an Orion II now, but it doesn't get very much use > due to the K3. Anyway, prepare yourself to be in "hog heaven" with the K3! > > Dave W7AQK > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "WILLIS COOKE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 2:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Band stacking UI rant > > > Fred, your post is good news to me. You make the K3 > sound like what I want it to be. I don't have a 250 > Hz filter in my 850, just the 500 Hz, so I don't have > the ringing problem but a better noise blanker would > be welcome and a little less band noise will be > welcome. I hardly dare to expect the near absence of > band noise that I see claimed, but I will welcome any > improvement. I didn't realize just how good the > receiver in the 850 is until I tried to use a Yaesu > FT-900 in the ARRL 10 meter contest. It had so much > intermod and other trash that I had to give up after > about 10 minutes and hook up the 850. I can't say > that there was none on the 850, but much better. If > the K3 improves on that I will be in hog heaven! > > Cookie > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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