Arno, I'm looking at your email and reading between the lines: You want
to make the most of the time you have left and you want to reconnect
with a meaningful time in your life which is spelled "CW". I am also a
former US Navy RM and I operate 100% QRP CW. I own (and use) all the
Elecraft transceivers and that's the problem: They are all so wonderful
I can't bear to part with any of them. Having said all this, I find
myself constantly reaching for my KX3. It has the performance, the
all-important dual watch which makes DXing a split incredibly efficient,
and it's been working with no issues since I got #0325. The ATU can
load anything. The automatic spotting function is outstanding. In my
opinion the KX3 *is* designed for CW. I just totally ignore the SSB and
other modes stuff. If I were in your situation I would buy the KX3.
73, Stan WB2LQF
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Arno Dienhart wrote:
Hello,
I am a new ham, retired, and this is a kind of bucket list thing: I
might
have one or two years left and want to get back into CW that I know
well
from my time in the (German) Navy. I have been looking hard at a K2
and
would be able to build it but that would not be the reason to get it.
Life
is short and I'd prefer to just assemble a KX3. What I like about the
K2 is
that it is designed for CW, and I would not add SSB, nor the amp, but
the
ATU.
I also own a dual band HT, which I use for local ARES volunteer work
and
scanning the PD band. Other than that, I'm not really into verbal rag
chewing, be it local or DX (blame my snotty CW attitude).
Only today did I realize what the KX3 is. Assembling it would be just
fine.
While the smaller size is not necessarily a buying point for me, I
wouldn't
mind it (I will take it outdoors). What I don't really need or want
are the
other modes (SSB, data, and SDR), so I wonder whether I am getting the
wrong
radio with a KX3 that is not a dedicated CW machine.
If all I did were CW, with DX ambitions nevertheless, which do you
think
would be the better radio for me?
Thank you in advance for your suggestions and ideas, and also further
questions, if you have them.
73,
Arno
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