Sometimes when I am doing portable QRP I have both my KX1 and my KX3. And, sometimes I would call CQ on the KX1 and work some stations and other times I would use the KX3.
There are obvious physical differences between the KX3 and the KX1, I do not mean to compare them feature by feature. But, I don’t remember noticing any real difference in performance other than the obvious differences between the two rigs. I could work stations just as well with either. One of the obvious differences is that sometimes I would run more than 5 watts with the KX3 but limited to the lesser power out of the KX1 which I think is usually under 4 watts, maybe under 3. Of course, if I had to pull out a single CW station from a pile up or crowded band, I would use some of those KX3 features that the KX1 does not have. My KX2 is on order but I am looking forward to operating with it. I suppose that what I am saying is that in most of my own personal operations with QRP rigs, I don’t rely on a lot of those performance features that separate the top 5-7 from the top 20 of the Sherwood Eng. RX ranking. PEH > On Mar 10, 2017, at 11:59 AM, Chris Tate - N6WM <[email protected]> wrote: > > This was my point, its a nice to know but the fun factor of the radio speaks > for itself. Its a permanent part of my portable toolkit now. > > Chris N6WM, ZF2CT and N6WM/KH6 and anywhere else that pops up on the > vacatio...expedition list. ;-) > ________________________________________ > From: Elecraft [[email protected]] on behalf of w7aqk > [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 11:05 AM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX2 and Sherwood Eng. RX Performance Ranking? > > Hi All, > > I'd be inclined to think the KX2 measurements won't knock your socks off. > Unlike the KX3, which was designed to be a close competitor to K3 > performance (a K3 in a smaller package), the KX2 is more a pared down > version of the KX3, and some of that paring down probably affected the specs > somewhat. I don't think this paring down process was allowed to noticeably > degrade performance. I can tell you , though, that it is very hard to > notice any significant difference. It has somewhat different architecture, > but is an excellent performer. This sort of proves to me that being "top > tier" on Sherwood's stats is nice to talk about, but not necessarily > critical. That's why so many owners of older rigs have a hard time > "hearing" the benefit of what newer designs purport to offer. > > Wayne says he guesses the KX2 might rank somewhere in the top 20. If so, > that's pretty darned good!!! I'd also be inclined to bet that Wayne already > knows about where it will fall! I just hope that, when the numbers do come > out, we don't go through an ad nauseam exchange about some spec being a big > problem or a serious disappointment. A lot of these differences are only > determinable in a lab! On the other hand, if something does seem to be a > real problem, I'd also bet it can be fixed! > > Dave W7AQK > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
