I purchased a KX3 assembled with the Roofing Filters, Battery Charger, ATU and hand Mic. I went with having Elecraft assemble it because I wanted the radio to work out of the box.
Here’s what I would have done if I had needed to save some cash: 1) I would have skipped the hand mic - headset is the way to go. 2) I would have skipped the Battery Charger - Had I known that the charger had to be manually enabled every time (i.e. its not always ‘trickle charging’) and that you had to ‘guess’ for how long it needed to be on, I would have skipped it as I don’t see a whole lot of value in that. 3) I’d delay getting the Roofing Filters. I’m not sure I’m even using them as I’m not a CW operator. The ATU is awesome and is one place I wouldn’t have tried to save costs. Tim Henrion KC1EOQ > On Mar 24, 2016, at 11:40 AM, Brendon Whateley <bren...@whateley.com> wrote: > > My suggestion would be to do the following:- > > - Buy the kit instead of the factory assembled unit to save a few $$. > This will also make you completely comfortable opening it up and adding > stuff later. It is a very easy build, IIRC I built mine in two evenings. > That included the internal battery charger and ATU. > - Add the ATU asap, it is massively useful mobile or even if you don't > have options for perfect antennas. > - SKIP the previous advice if you are EXCLUSIVELY going to use something > like the AlexLoop. You want to bypass the ATU with that kind of tunable > antenna, so the ATU is only useful for non-well-designed loops. > - Add the internal battery charger, it makes quick portable operation so > very, very easy. > - Add the roofing filter when you feel it would help. I have not done > this yet, but it probably won't take more than 15 minutes when I do. > > Hope that helps. The kits save some cash and give you a nice little "oldish > school" build it yourself project that is missing from so many Hams now. > > - Brendon > KK6AYI > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 1:31 AM, KK6ZZP <wbmcca...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm considering the purchase of a KX3. I'd like to delay the purchase of >> certain options in order to smooth my cash flow. Would it be especially >> difficult if either of the following options were delayed: >> >> * KXFL3 Dual-Passband Roofing Filter >> * KXAT3 Internal 20-W Automatic Antenna Tuner >> >> I realize that my question could be considered a FAQ. But, as far as I can >> tell, no one has asked my question in exactly the same context. So it seems >> to me not a FAQ, though we might agree that it's a near miss. If I'm wrong >> and my question /is/ a FAQ I'd appreciate a pointer to one or more of the >> threads I failed to find. >> >> Thanks very much. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Delayed-Options-tp7615506.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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to bren...@whateley.com >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to timhenr...@icloud.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
