> ...the FT-5000 will make a much better "boat anchor" than the K3... > Dick K8ZTT
That's a really good point, Dick. I heard once-- don't know how true this is-- that while steel is plentiful in Japan aluminum is not and is too expensive to use in a radio chassis. Hence, most Japanese radios are made out of steel. This makes them way heavier but a nice side effect is that the magnetic shielding of steel is much better than aluminum, so Japanese radios aren't so susceptible to low frequency magnetic fields like from a power supply transformer. Most hams misinterpret the weight advantage of the typical Japanese radio to mean that there's more stuff inside. :^) Give me a light radio any day over one that, like you say, needs a block&tackle to carry from floor to table. Al W6LX ______________________________________________________________ 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
