Plus, it doesn't have 6 meters! Makes it pretty useless to me. They talk about 2m and up transverters coming along in future, but nothing at all about 6m.
Bill W5WVO Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > It looks like a nice mid-performance rx, minimalist user interface, > design. Though at 4,600 swiss francs (about $4,351 U.S. plus shipping) > it is pricey for their level of rx performance. > > At 50W it will not have enough drive to drive most legacy tube based > amps to full power, especially the widely used 3-500z based legacy > amps from Heath and Ameritron. > > A few comparative Rx numbers from their web page versus the K3: > > K3 ADT-200A > IMDDR3 102 dB 96 dB > Blocking DR 140 dB 112 dB (desenses 28 dB earlier than K3 RX) > 2nd Order IP +79 dBm +60 dBm (IMD from out of band sigs 19 dB > worse than K3) > > It is an interesting design with some unique ideas. It will be fun to > see where they take it over time. > > Of course, we'll keep improving the K3 too! ;-) > > 73, Eric WA6HHQ > > > Paul Christensen wrote: >>> There are many aspects of the ADT-200A that fall short of the K3 >>> (only 50W, some >>> software upgrades >>> being charged for, lack of front panel controls, non standard >>> control protocol, etc). >>> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
