In article , says...
- Restricting to ham-band-only probably doesn't buy you all that
much in savings or performance, these days, due to the large
number of bands. In order to gain big savings, I suspect you'd
have to limit yourself to a monoband radio.

Restricting to ham bands only buys a HUGE difference
in performance. Check out the Elecraft K2 and see
what kind of strong signal handling performance you
can get from an inexpensive radio if you have single
conversion right to the high-selectivity crystal
filter.

Third order IMD performance at 2 kHz is more than 10 dB
better than many of the expensive radios with general
coverage receivers, such as the FT-1000D and FT-1000MP
series, and is approximately equal to the 10 kilobuck
IC-7800! All because of the ham-band-only design and
some careful attention to design.

73,
Bob
K3PH

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