Hi Bill, Thanks for your insight, the pro/con list helps a lot. Yes, the Panadaptor is a wonderful selling point, and something I can not live without anymore. The Pro III spoiled me in that way.
One thing I was not clear on in the demo, just how wide can the panadaptor be made to show? -- Support better RFI practices, please sign this petition: at Whitehouse.gov http://wh.gov/lpz5Y On Sat, 2014-04-05 at 10:25 -0700, Bill Turner wrote: > ORIGINAL MESSAGE: (may be snipped) > > On 4/5/2014 8:58 AM, David Cole wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone point me at some resources to better understand why I want a > > K3, as opposed to keeping my Icom 756 Pro III? > > REPLY: > > Pro: My favorite thing about the K3 is actually the panadaptor, the P3. > Beats the pants off my previous IC-756Pro3 or my IC-7600. > > Con: Very expensive for what you get. Other rigs with comparable > features are much cheaper. Steep learning curve. The first week or two > you'll have the radio in one hand, the manual in the other. It is overly > complex, IMO, way too many menu options, half of which you won't > understand and the other half you'll never use. OK, a slight > exaggeration, but not that much. > > Download the manual and read it over carefully first. > > I don't have the blocking issue you have, so can't comment on that. > > 73, Bill W6WRT > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
