The nonsense part is the argument that a computer can fail and leave you without
a radio and a K3 never fails so you always have a radio. I wish that were the
case but my K3 has failed before and my BC-342N after only sixty years of
service has developed a B+ short. On the other hand, except for replacing a
noisy fan, I've never had a computer hardware failure.
On 3/10/2015 7:56 AM, Scott Manthe wrote:
The difference, of course, is that a computer is not REQUIRED to use a K3. The
Flex will not function at all without the computer, so the comments about the
Flex being dependent on computer hardware are hardly "nonsense."
73,
Scott, N9AA
On 3/10/15 10:45 AM, 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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