[Elecraft] FT-950 Elite-Class 100 W HF/50 MHz Transceiver announcement

I thought folks might be interested to read about this. No price noted... It's one of the raffle prizes at SEDCO this year. Looks like some standard K3 items are options on this one! http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/misc/FT-950pressNA.doc http://www.sedco.homestead.com/ 73, Julius n2wn

Re: [Elecraft] FT-950 Elite-Class 100 W HF/50 MHz Transceiver announcement

Alot of this text comes from the FT 2000 brochure. Maybe it is a FT 2000 with Version 2.0 software. I personally do not understand why Yaesu is doing this prior the FT 2000 being stable unless it is replacing the FT 2000.. The features of the K3 and the approach that Elecraft is

Re: [Elecraft] FT-950 Elite-Class 100 W HF/50 MHz Transceiver announcement

The FT-950 is kind of a FT-2000 Lite. It has some of the 2000's features, but the 950 lacks a sub-receiver and internal AC supply. I'm curious about the price class of the 950- I'd guess something like $1600. 73, Scott, N9AA Jay Schwisow wrote: Alot of this text comes from the FT 2000

Re: [Elecraft] FT-950 Elite-Class 100 W HF/50 MHz Transceiver announcement

I concur Jay, and I suspect the price will be brutal, not to mention the options. The option that sounded interesting was the DMU, due to the O'scope feature. I found the timing of the announcement interesting. If I win it at SECDCO, I might even give it a try... Na ;o) The K3 is it fer