On Fri,7/31/2015 6:15 AM, [email protected] wrote:
My primary focus is DX and I'm trying to juggle priorities (cash) to build
my station.
I'm upgrading from a YAESU FT-897D which works ok but doesn't deal with
noise/band noise well.
The intended end result will be K3S, Panadapter, Amplifier, External Antenna
Tuner. The K3S will have the sub receiver, cw filters, ssb filters, data
mode filter.
I'm going offer a very different suggestion. For the cost of a 10W K3S,
you can probably buy a fairly loaded used 100W K3 with 100W tuner and
other accessories. Another $220 gets you the new K3SYNA board, which is
about 90% of the improvement offered by the new K3S. You'll also want
the KXV3B module, which includes a very nice preamp that improves
performance on 10M and 6M. Both are easy to add. Now that 10M is dead
most of the time and 6M E-skip season is nearly over, you won't need
that preamp for a while. :)
I'm speaking from experience -- I've done exactly those upgrades to my
K3s, and have no plans to trade up to a K3S. You will find it a HUGE
upgrade from your 897.
73, Jim K9YC
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