I had the brochure of the K3 on my bulletin board for several years as "unabtainium". I studied the reviews, and considered the comments of several owners of the K3, and it finally came down to raiding my 401K for the $3,199.97 that I spend for my K3/10+KRX3. That is more than my first car cost in 1965 (Mustang). And I consider it my last significant ham purchase now that I am retired. Fortunately, it appears to be a good investment since it is continually improving thru firmware advances (the promise of SDR technology).
I have lots invested in my ham hobby (if I were to total everything it might approach $15-20K acquired over 50-years). In 2008 I spent $5K installing a 16-foot dish (to work maybe 200-400 hams world-wide on 1296-eme). But then I do not own a $35K Harley, or a $80K motorhome, either. For what its worth the $6K Yaesu represents two month's retirement income. But It would not interest me even if I were a Millionaire. If I had six figure income it would go into some fine test equipment (and some travel with my wife to exotic places). 73, Ed - KL7UW 500-KHz to 10-GHz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:01:19 -0500 From: KW4H <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: QST's review of the Yaesu FTDX5000MP To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Not to be deliberately crass, but I have absolutely no use for a $6,000+ radio -- contesting or not. Like most hams, this is a hobby I do for fun, and spending that kind of money on a transceiver is virtually unthinkable. For the price of that rig, I could buy some new living room furniture and take the XYL on a two week Caribbean cruise. 73! Steve, KW4H 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-800*w, 432-100w, 1296-testing*, 3400-winter? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [email protected] ====================================== *temp not in service ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
