Re: [Elecraft] Unfair Comparison?

2012-03-26 Thread Bill K9YEQ
: [Elecraft] Unfair Comparison? I can't speak for the test conditions used here, but for an independent comparison of most ham transceivers, see: http://www.sherweng.com/table.html Sherwood sorts his table by 2-kHz (close-spaced) dynamic range. The K3 and FT5000 have the top spots. I'm still

[Elecraft] Unfair Comparison?

2012-03-24 Thread Adrian
Please have a look at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI8T-K64LAY It seems an unfair test with the K3 filter settings much narrower than the 590. The 590 sounds noisier despite the extra S level. These guys seem to think its proof the 590 outperforms the K3, but I don't think it's a fair test.

Re: [Elecraft] Unfair Comparison?

2012-03-24 Thread Pierfrancesco Caci
Adrian == Adrian vk4...@bigpond.com writes: Adrian Please have a look at; Adrian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI8T-K64LAY Adrian It seems an unfair test with the K3 filter settings much Adrian narrower than Adrian the 590. The 590 sounds noisier despite the extra S

Re: [Elecraft] Unfair Comparison?

2012-03-24 Thread Wayne Burdick
I can't speak for the test conditions used here, but for an independent comparison of most ham transceivers, see: http://www.sherweng.com/table.html Sherwood sorts his table by 2-kHz (close-spaced) dynamic range. The K3 and FT5000 have the top spots. I'm still not entirely sure why Rob

Re: [Elecraft] Unfair comparison

2012-03-24 Thread Ralph Parker
... I'm still not entirely sure why Rob put the FT-5000 above the K3... Sorted by weight. Ralph, VE7XF (On a break from the contest.) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] Unfair Comparison?

2012-03-24 Thread Tony Estep
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: not entirely sure why Rob put the FT-5000 above the K3, given that they tied on narrow-banded IMDDR3 and the K3 had the better numbers in nearly all other categories I always wondered that too. But

Re: [Elecraft] Unfair Comparison?

2012-03-24 Thread george fritkin
I think if compare the 5000 price to an equal equipped K3 you will find the difference a lot less. Plus you get 3db. George, W6GF Love my two K3s and waiting for my KX3... Is there a UPS truck comming around the corner __ Elecraft