Jim >From owning both rigs I can say right out of the box you can be on the air working weak signal DX much easier than the K3. All base controls are right in front of you no menu's for setup to get going in the beginning. Whereas my K2, K3's require quite a bit of digging to setup in the beginning, don't make the mistake of selling it short. I sold mine and kept my 2 K3's for a SO2R setup but space limitations came into play also. I do really like my K3 but some features of the 5000 IMHO were better, but there are trade off's in everything.
No perfect radio!......But Elecraft comes as close as you can get. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Lowman Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] With all the problems... Thom, a couple of years ago one of the ops brought a K3 to Field Day. At the time I thought that it was nuts to bring a transceiver of such high value out into the elements. But, he's brought it for the last two years and it was our workhorse on 20m, CW and SSB. Similarly, many a K3 has been taken on a DXpedition, with excellent results. For home use, I don't think you have any cause for concern. As was noted, if any problem arises, it will be quickly solved by the collective experience of this list or by Elecraft. I don't recall an instance when an entire piece of Elecraft equipment had to be returned to the factory for repair. In October I attended Pacificon, and paused for a moment to look over the FTDX-5000. Looks like it would take an advanced degree to operate all of the controls. I was the only person even giving it a glance, where the Elecraft booth had a steady stream of traffic. I'm sure that Lisa was busy taking orders, but at least she had time for a short chat. 72/73 de Jim - AD6CW On Nov 14, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Thom Durfee <[email protected]> wrote: >> people on this list with their K3's... >> >> I am having apprehension about ordering one. >> >> Thom WI8W >> ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
