The comment about the BC342 brought back memories of my actual setup in
1968 right after I got my first license. I built the 6L6 transmitter
myself, so can definitely relate. Now I have the KX3, and am seriously
considering the amp for it to use in the fifth-wheel. This would make
it more like the K3, of course. But I have been having so much fun
running QRP that I've decided to hold off on the amp.
Do I use a laptop computer with my KX3 - you bet! That way I get all
the benefits of the panadaptor, FLdigi, FLamp, etc. And a laptop has
the added benefit of a battery (my Dell convertible using Win 8.1 gets
6-8 hours on a charge). Talk about portability - this is it! I used to
have a Flex-1500, but the unreliability of the software drove me to sell
it. Unfortunately I sold the 100-watt linear I had with it.
Wes lives just a few miles south of me (I am in Picture Rocks about a
mile west of Panther Peak).
Ron W7HD
Wes (N7WS) wrote:
First a disclaimer: I don't own a Flex radio (and it is a radio) The
closest I've come is using an LP Pan on the i-f output of a K3, which
I do own.
But this argument is simply nonsense. If the radio breaks---they
actually do you know---you're (note spelling) off the air too.
And try as I might, I can't see Internet spots on my K3, nor can I use
it to keep my banking records, write email, do antenna modeling, etc.
For this I still need a computer. And believe it or not, that same
computer is connected to my K3 and I would be lost without it. I
don't want to go back to my BC-342 and crystal-controlled 6L6, which
some still think are the only "real" radios. Time marches on...try to
keep up.
Wes N7WS
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