Patcomm pc-500 or icom ic 718
 

I have an opportunity to trade an ic 718 for a pc 500. I am most interested in
cw qrp. Does the pc500 have a good cw layout? Is it a decent trade off. .
..100watts vs. 15watts but more cw amenities? I know this is an antenna group
but I get a lot of great answers here.

Thanks
73
Greg

On 01 Jun 2004 22:52:18 GMT, ojunk (Greg Doughty)
wrote:

I have an opportunity to trade an ic 718 for a pc 500. I am most interested in
cw qrp. Does the pc500 have a good cw layout? Is it a decent trade off. .
.100watts vs. 15watts but more cw amenities? I know this is an antenna group
but I get a lot of great answers here.

Thanks
73
Greg


Sorta begs the question, why don't you just turn your 718 power
control down to qrp levels -- the 100 watts are still there, should
you need them later.

Also begs -- why trade a $600 Icom for a $400 Patcomm?

Also, is Patcomm in business nowadays?

Bob
k5qwg

Well, I am relatively new to cw so unaware of what filters there out there and
what things may be packed into a certain rig. The pc-500 may only have
15watts, but it could be optimized for cw. The icom may have 100 watts and
cost more, but it is still entry level. I can actually be cleaner with my
rockmite 20 @ .5 watts and not get any qso's with my icom at 50 watts. But
propagation could have changed. The K1 is packed with cw stuff that I have no
clue about would like to learn as qrp is a lot of kit building and homebrew and
a wealth of knowledge is necessary.

Thanks
73
Greg

On 02 Jun 2004 01:31:57 GMT, ojunk (Greg Doughty)
wrote:

Well, I am relatively new to cw so unaware of what filters there out there and
what things may be packed into a certain rig. The pc-500 may only have
15watts, but it could be optimized for cw. The icom may have 100 watts and
cost more, but it is still entry level. I can actually be cleaner with my
rockmite 20 @ .5 watts and not get any qso's with my icom at 50 watts. But
propagation could have changed. The K1 is packed with cw stuff that I have no
clue about would like to learn as qrp is a lot of kit building and homebrew and
a wealth of knowledge is necessary.

Thanks
73
Greg


FWIW, the Patcomm is also just a 2-band rig.

If you are an ARRL member, you might look some of these rigs up in the
Product Reviews Section of the ARRL website -- they do a pretty good
job of laying out what a rig will do in CW and other modes.

see
http://www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/bymfg.html

bob
k5qwg