It's out !! RCI 2970 N4 200/400 watts

[Wire Weasel]

Sorry if there's a thread going already …. didn't notice one. Hope they have enough heat sink & fan cooling to handle the heat dissipation


http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5336136228&icep_item=121704198574

 

[DainBramage]

400 watts PEP,..................... AFTER tuning, think I'll pass.

BTW, the prices on his "other items" are way too high too. more than other established "brick and mortar" stores

 

[Wire Weasel]

No doubt. This guy is listing this as Best Offer also ….. but it's not like I was going to buy one anyway. Just noticed the rig and thought it would be of interest.

 

[Blackcat630]

Bells has em on their website..Sold out. $689.50

 

[Needle Bender]

I guess it's cool to have an 'All-In-One' but I can't see paying that much for a radio
& amp with less heat sink than a good 4x2879 stand alone amp, especially considering you can operate the stand alone behind any radio of your choice, and I think it's a bad idea for stability to have that much heat present that close to the radio board.

I wonder if there have been any construction or circuit improvements in the radio portion over the 2950DX?

 

[DainBramage]

...I wonder if there have been any construction or circuit improvements in the radio...

read EXACTLY what it says,.............. nothing has been changed except the output power.(BOLD is mine). heck, the CTCSS is an OPTION...... DUH!

"These new models have retained the operating features of its popular predecessors, including programmable repeater offset and capabilities for a CTCSS tone option ..."

 

[222DBFL]

For that kind of money I think a real HF radio will be much better. Screw the 400 watts after tuning. Its going to need fans and it's the same radio!! Nothing new TBO, other than they are now supplied with Mosfets vs. Toshiba transistors to make the watts. Way cheaper for them to use a couple dollars worth of cheap mosfet transistors to make the watt meter dance. A good separate 4 pill amp and a 2950 will smoke the N4 IMO. And be less prone to breakdown due to heat. But again for near the same price, one can have a 200 watt kenwood 480HX that will outperform the RCI as well IMO. Too much money for what it is. JMHO.

 

[space cowboy]

read EXACTLY what it says,.............. nothing has been changed except the output power.(BOLD is mine). heck, the CTCSS is an OPTION...... DUH!

"These new models have retained the operating features of its popular predecessors, including programmable repeater offset and capabilities for a CTCSS tone option ..."

you do realize you can retain a function while achieving that function in a completely different way?
transistor radios retained functions that tube radios had, but the circuits were different with different components...

granted, you're probably right, but since the 2950dx is a good radio, no biggie.

but while I'm happy with the 2950dx, I'm with needle bender on this one.

amp with less heat sink than a good 4x2879 stand alone amp, especially considering you can operate the stand alone behind any radio of your choice, and I think it's a bad idea for stability to have that much heat present that close to the radio board.

 

[Mudfoot]

I was just thinking the other day, that all they would do, is up the power and use the same shitty board. Morons will be delighted and their kids will suffer.

 

[Road Squawker]

I guess it's cool to have an 'All-In-One' but I can't see paying that much for a radio...

... I'm with needle bender on this one.

which NB statement, the "cool" part or the "I can't see paying that much" part?

 

[ExitThirteen]

More junk..... wonderful.


~Cheers~

 

[2RT307]

More junk..... wonderful.


~Cheers~

Oh, stop being a pessimist... it's job security, ExitThirteen. You'll be fixing those things until you retire!

73,
Brett

 

[space cowboy]

which NB statement, the "cool" part or the "I can't see paying that much" part?

the whole thing, that way you can't try to manipulate my meaning with out of context quotes...

 

[ExitThirteen]

Oh, stop being a pessimist... it's job security, ExitThirteen. You'll be fixing those things until you retire!

73,
Brett

It's much harder to fix poor design. And that's what the N2's and the N4's are. Poor design. Any export radio really that has a PA built in on the underside, actually.

As they say, "you can't fix stupid."


~Cheers~

 

[BigKahuna]

It's much harder to fix poor design. And that's what the N2's and the N4's are. Poor design. Any export radio really that has a PA built in on the underside, actually.

As they say, "you can't fix stupid."


~Cheers~

I liked the original 2970DX when it just had 2 pills, ran mine for years no prob. The N2 with multiple little mosfets just was a mess, too much heat, and always seemed out of wack.