Gary, It is difficult to determine what you are trying to accomplish with your post. I cannot decide if it is intended to be humorous or you are attempting to solicit response by trolling. In either case, to make it more realistic, I suggest you state that you replaced a TS-590 and a Yaesu MK-V Field with the K3/P3 rather than replacing a TS-990 with a K3/P3 as your first sentence indicates.
73, Bob K6UJ On Feb 8, 2014, at 7:51 PM, Gary NL7Y wrote: > I'm Gary and I'm a ham radio operator. This winter I bought my second K3/P3 > to replace a mediocre new TS-990. After some self generated issues with the > speaker output, the sub-receiver VFO, and hard reset, I sent the K3 back to > Elecraft for regeneration. It was fixed in a timely manner and returned. > Thank you Elecraft. > > In the meantime I reverted to my trusty two...a Kenwood TS-590 and Yaesu > MK-V Field. Both work well, are simple to use and maintain, and have their > place in my shack. Recently FT5ZM was monitored and worked with the > 590...good S5 copy on both but the key was hooked to the 590, so it got the > nod. Next to VK0IR, that's a long haul via Grey Line from Interior KL7. > > Now the confession. The K3 still sits in its unopened box, next to the > P3/SVGA in its. I keep asking myself, will I ever remove and use them again? > I'm not a SDR or computer enthusiast, and the reason I got rid of the first > K3/P3 was having to deal with the occasional O/S bumps, frequent updates, > and relatively complex user interface for both. Being a slave to a piece of > equipment no longer interests me. > > I'm still working on a solution. Anyone else go through this to their > satisfaction? > > 73, Gary NL7Y > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/A-confession-tp7583887.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
