Just amazing user interface on the K4. Outstanding job done. Real professional engineers who understand their business developed this. Everything looks balanced and reads great. Font sizes, colors, button placement, all interface elements - everything is great. I have to admit, ICOM are a little annoying in this regard.
Can one create profiles for different modes so that they can be retrieve later?...with the amount of configuration settings going on for a particular mode, it becomes a necessity to have them in profiles.
Hey what a transceiver! Well meant, well designed, very handy, all in all has a lot of intelligence and background knowledge in it. Clear that IT guys didn't decide! Way ahead competition. This will be my next rig. Really awaiting kit version becomes available.
So, no WiFi interface for upgrades, only via a hard wire Ethernet connection? With the tablet software you mentioned, you can control it but can you make a voice or CW contact by hooking up a mike or paddle to the tablet? I am currently using an iPhone app to learn CW called iMorsix and have a Bluetooth enabled cable they sell to connect my paddles to the imorsix application…. So there ways to hook up a paddle to a iPhone/iPad or tablet. So it’s is doable…
thanks for the extensive preview of the K4. I know that K4 is targeting high-end / contest-grade market, but I was wondering if you have a K4 lite version planned. As a casual user, i never need dual VFO (not even A/B switch), but I want SDR version of stripped down K4 and mini-remote panel (not using PC notebook but dedicated WiFi-enabled VFO-knob version). This will crush Flex 6x00 series market (Flex products almost no update and plagued with Windows PC remote latency (remote CW is just not possible) issue and usability problem. What I want is a K4-lite with K4-lite remote terminal with VFO knob (Pan-adapter version of P3 mini-remote-like) all under $2,000.
Looks awesome. Send me one ASAP so I can review it and sell 1000’s of them! ;-))). PLEASE backlight the buttons!! Why don’t ham radios have backlit buttons??? I can’t see the buttons at night with the lights down low…..
Excellent Eric thanks. I'm in the market for a new rig. The Yaesu FTDX-101MP is on my list. I like the K$ for its many features but especially the size. Also I like that the S-meter can be a bar graph. When will Rob Sherwood get one for testing? If I order one next week when will I get the K4 73 de WA3RSL
when you turn any buttons to show us that is tunable, why you don’t show the limits of those ranges? (because you already have the fingers on it and it’s what i want to know).. regards!
Since it runs Linux, will it be possible to remotely control it from a Linux desktop (or X xerver)? I run SuSE Linux and if it's possible to control it from my PC it would be a great selling point in it's favor.
The K4 manual states: 2.5Wper channel into 4ohms; typ. 10% THD. 10%!!!! This is no better than the new Yaesu FTdx-10. How is this a low fatigue distortion figure? Elecraft keeps mentioning how good the K4 audio will be, but spec is the same old stuff.
That K4 is the 13th in the sherwood list. The K3S is far ahead in every point and the Yaesu FTDX10 is better than the K3S and the K4 in every way. then compare the prices for a FTDX10 and a K4, why would i pay more for less. the K4 i heard sound a bit muffled, there isnt much dynamic in it and the transmitter produces a small bandwidth signal with emissions on the sides in the waterfall image, that signal will bother other people like 4 or 5khz on the sides ☠ and with an extra power amplifier behind it, that will be even worse. 🍋👎😖🚫
@@sgs1262 Blah Blah Blah. Why both commenting to say nothing of substance? The K4 is supposed to be the bollocks. If there are really 100 in owners hands then I shouldn't be able to move for comments and reviews. Instead, we have seen zero. Don't use Covid as an excuse. Covid doesn't stop the internet working.
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When a HAM wins the lottery... this is the Radio he buys :). Crazy the tech this radio has...crazy
BEAUTIFUL!
Glad you got this up rapidly during the Ham Expo
@Francis Glucksman gfs?
Nicely done!!!
Very nice!! Will it have a dedicated software that can show DX Spots on the panadapter display?
Beautiful reminds of my sony str av 1000es stereo amplifier .its my ham radio dream come true.
Can't wait when you guys will release mobile KX4 for QRP.
Just amazing user interface on the K4. Outstanding job done. Real professional engineers who understand their business developed this. Everything looks balanced and reads great. Font sizes, colors, button placement, all interface elements - everything is great. I have to admit, ICOM are a little annoying in this regard.
Simply amazing... How far technology has come from the K1... Thanks, Eric!
The K2 was the first, the K1 comes after.
Can one create profiles for different modes so that they can be retrieve later?...with the amount of configuration settings going on for a particular mode, it becomes a necessity to have them in profiles.
Hey what a transceiver! Well meant, well designed, very handy, all in all has a lot of intelligence and background knowledge in it. Clear that IT guys didn't decide! Way ahead competition. This will be my next rig. Really awaiting kit version becomes available.
Kit version due April 1st.
@@K1OIK Really? Which year?
@@yenaurapourtoulmonde Any April fools day.
@@K1OIK Guess it will be any year day...
Super !
Great documentary video, Eric! Germany is waving a hand. 73's de Uncle Günter
So, no WiFi interface for upgrades, only via a hard wire Ethernet connection?
With the tablet software you mentioned, you can control it but can you make a voice or CW contact by hooking up a mike or paddle to the tablet? I am currently using an iPhone app to learn CW called iMorsix and have a Bluetooth enabled cable they sell to connect my paddles to the imorsix application…. So there ways to hook up a paddle to a iPhone/iPad or tablet. So it’s is doable…
thanks for the extensive preview of the K4. I know that K4 is targeting high-end / contest-grade market, but I was wondering if you have a K4 lite version planned. As a casual user, i never need dual VFO (not even A/B switch), but I want SDR version of stripped down K4 and mini-remote panel (not using PC notebook but dedicated WiFi-enabled VFO-knob version). This will crush Flex 6x00 series market (Flex products almost no update and plagued with Windows PC remote latency (remote CW is just not possible) issue and usability problem. What I want is a K4-lite with K4-lite remote terminal with VFO knob (Pan-adapter version of P3 mini-remote-like) all under $2,000.
LMAO - Good luck with that :)
Looks awesome. Send me one ASAP so I can review it and sell 1000’s of them! ;-))). PLEASE backlight the buttons!! Why don’t ham radios have backlit buttons??? I can’t see the buttons at night with the lights down low…..
Excellent Eric thanks. I'm in the market for a new rig. The Yaesu FTDX-101MP is on my list. I like the K$ for its many features but especially the size. Also I like that the S-meter can be a bar graph. When will Rob Sherwood get one for testing? If I order one next week when will I get the K4 73 de WA3RSL
We need some more K4 reviews on eham. Only 2 reviews now.
@@frankENZC You can edit Einstein.
Well done. I am on the waiting list. What is the display resolution & what monitor res. does the k4 support?
Some have been waiting years
@@sgs1262 when do you expect to receive it?
@@sgs1262 Originally promised November 2019 before virus and fires.
res?
when you turn any buttons to show us that is tunable, why you don’t show the limits of those ranges? (because you already have the fingers on it and it’s what i want to know).. regards!
This is an amazing radio.
Is there already a release date by when the K4 will be available?
Thanks and 73
Kevin, VK4KK
Where do I plug my key in? ..somewhere round the back?
In your ignition
Thank you for this review, from 4X1PD 73!
See the radio first in 2019, long long time ago, when should it be ready ? vy 73
vy?
Fine
When the transiver k4 already available Rossia ?
Where is, "Rossia?"
@@K1OIK i want to buy this transiver k4
@@-r7dn-536 Good luck
@@K1OIK help me buy your transiver k4😄You work with Henryradio?
Eric, when will the K4 be available for sale ??
April 1st.
@@sgs1262 I ordered mine 18 months ago. Orders after May 17 2019 are still not delivered.
@@sgs1262 I would be shocked if I had it before 2022. Did you pay the deposit?
The only radio I would consider over a Yaesu
This is a Dense video but what a machine!
GREAT, I'm waiting for it here in Switzerland.... 73 qro HB9GUR
Since it runs Linux, will it be possible to remotely control it from a Linux desktop (or X xerver)?
I run SuSE Linux and if it's possible to control it from my PC it would be a great selling point in it's favor.
The K4 manual states: 2.5Wper channel into 4ohms; typ. 10% THD. 10%!!!! This is no better than the new Yaesu FTdx-10. How is this a low fatigue distortion figure? Elecraft keeps mentioning how good the K4 audio will be, but spec is the same old stuff.
The FTDX10 is an excellent radio; why are you talking mad sh*t?
That K4 is the 13th in the sherwood list. The K3S is far ahead in every point and the Yaesu FTDX10 is better than the K3S and the K4 in every way. then compare the prices for a FTDX10 and a K4, why would i pay more for less.
the K4 i heard sound a bit muffled, there isnt much dynamic in it and the transmitter produces a small bandwidth signal with emissions on the sides in the waterfall image, that signal will bother other people like 4 or 5khz on the sides ☠ and with an extra power amplifier behind it, that will be even worse.
🍋👎😖🚫
Why do you promote something no one can buy?
@@sgs1262 I ordered one 18 months ago, I expect to receive it by Christmas 2023
@@sgs1262 Who got one? I ordered 18 months ago, Will I get it before Easter 2026?
@@sgs1262 Why has no one posted a review of the K4 on eHam.net?
@@sgs1262 Where is all the owner feedback then? Nothing on eHam, nothing on RUclips. The K4 is vapourware.
@@sgs1262 Blah Blah Blah. Why both commenting to say nothing of substance? The K4 is supposed to be the bollocks. If there are really 100 in owners hands then I shouldn't be able to move for comments and reviews. Instead, we have seen zero. Don't use Covid as an excuse. Covid doesn't stop the internet working.