IC-7100

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Originally Posted by KG4NEL

The new Yaesus/Kenwoods (except the TS-590, for some reason) look like someone got drunk on a Friday afternoon and found Photoshop.

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by KG4NEL

The 7410/7600/9100 class of Icoms aren't bad. The new Yaesus/Kenwoods (except the TS-590, for some reason) look like someone got drunk on a Friday afternoon and found Photoshop.

The big-screen-in-the-radio thing seems to be the last vestige of fighting the integration of computers in the shack. But, at the same time I can understand the fear of putting in an IF output and suddenly the integrated panadapter (a la Elecraft, or AOR before it) becomes unneeded.

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thing is, if I wanted my radio to look like a PC or have some panadapter hooked to my rig I would buy one. I want my radios to look like well radios. with KNOBS! lots and lots of KNOBS!

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Originally Posted by W2IBC

thing is, if I wanted my radio to look like a PC or have some panadapter hooked to my rig I would buy one. I want my radios to look like well radios. with KNOBS! lots and lots of KNOBS!

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I think the K3 strikes a good balance between being a knob farm and menu control.

Another thing I wish the manufacturers would consider is that with more real estate for a heatsink, you don't have to have a fan that sounds like a RR Trent spooling up on your desk. That's a big reason why I'm not looking at a IC-7000 or Yaesu FT-857 for a new radio...I'm not very long-winded, but even I can get the 706MKIIG to get pretty loud in a QSO. You might be able to shrink front panel size with menus, but there's no faking thermodynamics.

Agreed. That's why I use the remote head on the FT-857, even when it wasn't mobile.