What's a "P-5", Fred? Or are you referring to the Elecraft P3? 73, Olli - DH8BQA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] k3/ P-5 vs. SDR's > Let me start by saying that I belong to several radio reflectors and know > they all have their cheerleaders no matter what radio or device it might > be. > We all know that there are not a perfect radio, car, amp whatever and > those > that find no fault with anything are only fooling themselves. > > My question and point both is about the P-5 that I was looking closely at > after reading everything here and on the website about it. It sounded like > and excellent choice with a lot of features that tied it to the K3 plus > with > the VGA adapter for a larger screen size made it look even more > attractive. > Was making out a wish list with things I wanted for a K3, on it just for a > pricing standpoint option/filter wise. > > After being directed to eHam from the company website for reviews on the > P-5 > I read them all. I might say with all reviews on eHam there I usually > throw > out all 5 and 0/1 ratings as I imagine many of you do also. I read them > but > place little credence in them the 2 on eHam that I did read carefully were > comparisons and point after point that seemed to be real short comings of > the P-5 not being ready for prime time. They were not digs by any means > and > said what a great unit it "could" become then compared it to several SDR's > which I do or have owned and the Lp-PAN which sold. He gave them much > higher > marks for a spectrum analyzer and why for each function plus another > receiver to boot. > > Can someone please give me the benefits of the P-5's display over the > superior one of my current SDR-IQ and hi rez screen support. Or if there > are > a lot of improvements coming to the P-5 very soon and if so when and what > are they. Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Thx and 73, > > Fred/N0AZZ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > ----- > E-Mail ist virenfrei. > Von AVG uberpruft - www.avg.de > Version: 2012.0.2195 / Virendatenbank: 2437/5122 - Ausgabedatum: > 09.07.2012 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
