Tony Add another MVDX/CC SW MO Chapter to your K3 count as of last week. I have a K2 and have a FTDX-5000MP for well over 2 1/2 yrs all now including the K3 will all have a place on my operating desk for sure. If there KX3 ever catches up with back orders I may very consider one of those also.
Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Estep Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 2:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I thought Elecraft was a household name! On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Jim Lowman <[email protected]> wrote: > ...I can understand how other OTs who are not interested in low-power > operations may never have heard... =========== Yeah, I'd say that's right. I belong to a DX club (www.mvdxcc.org) whose membership includes 29 guys on the Honor Roll (over 330 countries confirmed). Many if not most of those guys have the same FT1000D that they got 20 years ago. When the ARRL's reviews began to emphasize dynamic range and the little kit-built K2 showed up ahead of most of the standard DX radios of the day, Elecraft suddenly appeared on the radar of some DXers. But of course many held out for a dual-receiver radio. The arrival of the K3 brought a burst of interest in our club; there are now maybe a half-dozen members who have K3s. Some of those guys will never get another radio in their lives, but among those who do, I would say that the K3 is the first choice, even ahead of the FT5000DX. The members who have K3s miss no opportunity to tout its excellent performance, easy portability, great service and generally fine user experience. But it's a slow process to win over the old-timers! Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2437/5133 - Release Date: 07/15/12 ______________________________________________________________ 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
