Jerry, I don't regret selling my 756 PRO III, and replacing it with the K3 one bit!
The K3 is a much more versatile rig. Not as pretty as the old Pro III, (not as large either, which is a plus), but I don't really care about pretty, I care about performance, and I have an entire new layer of stations I hear now, that I did not with the Pro III... Also, there are so many ways to configure the radio you will be able to configure it for what ever your needs are... Here is a few examples... The K3 allows for setting the TUNE output level. I have an auto tuner. That tuner needs less than 100 watts to trigger autotune. I have an ALS-1306 amp, I set the TUNE level on the K3 to be 3 watts. That 3 watts drives the tuner via the ALS-1306 Amp with enough power from the ALS-1306 to force the tuner into retune mode if above 1.7:1. Thus I get the equivalent of a tuner connected to the radio TUNE button, and do so without any extra cables... Single button tuning of the AMP, and the tuner, all in under 10 seconds. Most settings are per band, so I configure things, for each band, and mode, and when I return the configurations return for each band/mode... I thought the P3 was just a frill, it is not... I removed it for a bit to test some radio control hardware I am working on, and almost lost my mind without it, I did not have a picture of the band in my head anymore without the P3... So, no, I never looked back after selling the Pro III. Prior to the change over for me, I sat both rigs on the desk, and A/B compared them for a week, using the exact same antennas, before I sold the Pro III, I had expected to test for a month to make my decision, it took only a week to decide. I was ready and willing to sell the K3 if it was not significantly better, I have the K3, and not the Icom now! I have a ham 700 feet away from me, and when he runs his K3 and his KW Henry amp, I can't tell he is on if I am 20 KHz away... The PRO III desensed on his signal, across the entire band, if he was on SSB, and I wan on CW, I could see, and hear it... So again, I am so very happy I have the K3 I would never go back. If you want to see exactly how wide the is looking at at 2 watts from 700 feet away see: http://nk7z.net/wiki/elecraft-k3-macros/elecraft-k3-xlr-to-radio/elecraft-k3-new-synthesizer/ I did a compare of the old and new Synthesizers, and as an aside, it will show you just how tight the K3 really is in strong signal conditions. I have four hams within a half mile of me. I really can't tell if they are on, unless I get very close in frequency, (like under 10 KHz.), or see them on the P3. My only complaint about the rig is the dynamic range in the audio section... If I have the AGC off, and one of my neighbors comes up within my passband, my ears get nailed big time... There needs to be an audio limiter on my rig... Macro programming is nice, you can pretty much do anything you want with the rig via Macros... I have macros that totally set up my rig based on the mode I select via software. If I select RTTY, using MixW, the macros fires for MODE START, and the radio is switched into DATA/RTTY mode, transmit levels levels set, monitor levels set, etc, all automatic. I almost never touch the radio now, but to tune, or adjust RF/Audio levels. When I switch to PSK the same thing happens only for PSK. So nope, I am happy as can be with the rig... Have fun, I am with my K3! -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net For MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info For Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info For MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Mon, 2015-08-03 at 08:59 -0400, Jerry Moore wrote: > Just asking. It's a lot of money but appears to be a lot of radio. It's not > as flashy as some. > > > > Just a lot to think about as I save up. > > Jer > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to d...@nk7z.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
