Well said...I never once wanted to move my FTdx9000D, except out the door when I found a buyer.
The heat generated by these big box radios, the weight, the physical size etc, all these make the radio impractical for portable use. The large screen display provided by these high end radios are not a patch on the P3 performance and practicality and if you were to measure the total width of a K3, P3 and a KPA-500 and maybe even a desktop tuner and you soon realise that desktop space is going to be at a premium and you still need more space for Laptop for logging? I believe Elecraft have designed the K3 in as small a footprint as practical and with good reason, I think they have expressed their intention to not release a K4 big box radio, again, with good reason. Just one operators opinion. 73's Gary On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:19 AM, r miles <greenacres...@charter.net> wrote: > Being a six footer & able a palm a basketball in my youth I don't find the > K3 too crowded. I don't have small hands to say the least. I seem to be able > to use the radio just fine. At least in the 18 months I've owned one. > Our radio club is small. At Field Day we've used two K3s & a K2. No > complaints from the various operators. No big box 50+ lb. radios brought > out tho. Too heavy to lug around I guess. > When I contest I log with a laptop. Being an awful typer I watch what I > type. For me a P3 I' d move for my best view would be better than having to > stare at the transceiver straight on. > If you ever wanted to try DXing from a DX location bet you can't drag a 60 > lb. radio as a carry on. K3, switcher PS & acc. under 20 lb.s > Being a lefty & only partly ambidexterous my only K3 complaint is the > message pad is set for rightys. > Oh well just a small problem. > In my 51 years of hamming I've sat in front of just about everything made. > I'm keeping my K3....... > K9IL > > PS: Going to be ruff dragging that little KPA 500 around instead of a big > box 80 lb. amplifier. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
