" I'm curious to see what this marriage to Motorola may mean as far as the ham radio division." Hmmm . . . and I thought that marriage was with Yaesu. I bet Kenwood would be surprised to hear of this.
Bruce - W8FU -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Y. Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 7:31 AM To: S Sacco; Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 & Competition For several reasons I hope it's true, and not just "hamfest hype". I'm not looking for a replacement for my K3 or anything, but I would like to see Kenwood get back into the HF mix. They do make some good radios when they set their minds to it (I like my TS-480 for certain situations). There has been a lot of speculation about just where Kenwood is heading (some thought they were going out the door!), and I'm curious to see what this marriage to Motorola may mean as far as the ham radio division. As for them making something that really competes with the K3--I suppose they can come close, but I find it hard to imagine that they will nurture it, improve it, and provide anywhere close to the level of customer support that Elecraft does. I also saw a post (a couple of them actually) that said Ten-Tec was coming out with some software upgrades very soon for the Orions. This was more Orlando talk from their sales people. We've heard that many times before from Ten-Tec. They seem to routinely make these kinds of statements at Dayton and other places, then they get lockjaw immediately afterwards. Maybe it's true, but they have "cried wolf" so often, I'm hesitant to believe it until I see it. I have to bypass Dayton for the first time in several years--it directly conflicts with my daughter's graduation from Gonzaga Law School--she's in her mid 30's, so we've been waiting for this for a long time, and I'm very proud of her for sticking to her goals, as it wasn't easy! Anyway, I'll be watching the chatter over the internet from Dayton in May. A lot of rumors are starting to fly, but I wouldn't bet any large sums of money on very many of them, if any. Dave W7AQK ----- Original Message ----- From: "S Sacco" <[email protected]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:45 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 & Competition > While at the Orlando Hamcation, I stopped by the Kenwood booth. > > The sales dude mentioned that Kenwood would be introducing something > in the "K3 class, as far as performance, but better". > > I thought that was wonderful compliment for Elecraft, that they > specifically singled out the K3 as the benchmark. > > Who knows if it'll be better, or not. Radios are so much about the > software anymore, that without outstanding software controlling every > aspect of the radio, the hardware, no matter how good, just won't be > able to make up the difference. Personally, I'd put my money on > Elecraft. > > He also mentioned that they'd have a "big radio" (presumably > positioned against the FT-9000 / IC-7800) "sometime" in 2011. > > Anyway I thought I'd pass that along, FYI as they say. > > 73, > Steve > NN4X > EL98jh > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
