What kind of performance is important to you? See
http://www.elecraft.com/XV/XV.htm for some details. NF ~= 0.8 dB isn't
bad. Your antennas and feedlines will determine your results. The case
looks nice, and the lights are pretty. ;-)
My main criticism (esp. on 2M) is that the oscillator is pretty simple.
It's just a crystal without any trim capability. There is a $45 oven
option that probably helps, but they don't specify stability or
accuracy. So if you're doing EME or something where frequency really
matters, you need to provide some kind of external calibration.
This thread is becoming OT, but these are the same questions TT would
have to deal with if they were going to be back in that market. People
want very high performance and very cheap price, and the market is
pretty small!
73 Martin AA6E
Neal Campbell K3NC wrote:
While low cost is always an option, if I am going to get into VHF/
UHF, I would prefer high performance with moderate cost. Is the
Elecraft transverters high performance? I have always assumed that
SSB was the best but they are much more expensive than the Elecraft
ones.
Neal Campbell K3NC
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