On 2012-09-13 20:46, Jim Brown wrote: > On 9/12/2012 9:18 PM, Matt Zilmer wrote: >> The main real-world problem is that the K3 is a minority in the >> general ham rig population. Maybe someday, the K3 penetration rate >> will be high enough that we can hear it in how quiet the bands are. >> Crowded but quiet between signals that is. > > Yes, BUT -- considering the number of active contesters in the world > (study the results of major contests), I'd say that Elecraft has been > achieving pretty good penetration. If I'm not mistaken, I've seen serial > numbers in the 7,000 range, and we know that they started at #1 and > didn't skip any. It's also gotten to the point where experienced > DXpeditioners would rather drag their own K3s through airports than > accept freebies from Icom or Yaesu. > > More important, it's REAL easy to see the difference between a clean rig > and a dirty one on a P3, and every season I see a greater proportion of > clean ones! It's gotten to the point that, at least here on the West > Coast, a dirty signal stands out like a sore thumb! > > 73, Jim K9YC > Yes but there are still far too many bad radios around, huge number of FT-1000MP´s and crap ICOM transmitters, they will be around for many years to come. Frankly I can not see any "K3 impact" on the bands, at least not from my horizon in Europe.
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