I have both. I haven't even upgraded the synthesizer in the K3, which by
general consensus is a must do.
The old K3 is deaf on 6 and 10 meters, if that matters to you.
The USB and internal sound card are nice in the K3S, but my serial-to-USB
adapter worked fine and the shack computer sound card was as good on RTTY as
some highly recommended external boxes like Tascam. I also had less grief
getting levels set with the old system.
I actually preferred the old tuning knob. I was able to glue in a larger felt
washer in the knob and run it against the slick bezel and get reasonably good
feel out of a primitive system. The "soft-touch" knob and textured bezel are
not amenable to this.
Personally, I don't think you're missing anything, but I'm sure the faithful
will have other ideas.
Wes N7WS
On 5/18/2018 10:21 PM, Frank wrote:
I have a K3 with dual receivers that I purchased 5 years ago at Dayton. It is
the best radio I have ever owned hands down. My main use for the radio is
chasing DX.
I have read all the marketing materials about the improvements the K3S has
over the K3. On paper and in the lab the radio is an upgrade. But in day to
day operations at a home station can an operator tell the difference between
the two radios?
Those who have upgraded what is your opinion?
Would you upgrade the K3 with new parts or buy a K3S and transfer modules?
I am leaning toward NOT upgrading the radio as the K3 seems to work great. Am
I missing something?
Thanks for taking time to reply.
73,
Frank
K6FW
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