I think you are right! I misspoke! It does get confusing. Dave W7AQK
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce McLaughlin" <[email protected]> To: "'David Y.'" <[email protected]>; "'S Sacco'" <[email protected]>; "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 11:13 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 & Competition >" 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
