The KX3 also lacks the 70cm band. Since our ARES/RACES group uses that band (on rare occasions), it would be useful for those activations. It would also be another band for the ARRL VHF contest -- backpack mode. :-)

73 Bill AE6JV

On 1/29/16 at 2:05 PM, jkra...@iafrica.com (John Kramer) wrote:

Interesting read Wayne. So to sum up, the only areas the FT-817 beats the KX3 
is that
it has a better speaker and you can change the colour of the backlit display :)

Original article:

<http://www.hamblog.co.uk/yaesu-817nd-vs-elecraft-kx3-differences-for-portable-use/>

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