Now that I have owned a K3 for a few years, I have what the new folks
don't have, K3 experience...
Here is my take on this, now that I have some experience under my belt...
How much better can Elecraft make a K4, as compared to a K3?
I am already atmospheric noise limited, so sensitivity is not the issue
with my K3.
My current K3 reacts well to close by hams...
My current K3 allows computer control...
My current K3 allows remote control...
My current K3 seems to fit all of my needs...
My current K3 is to die for on CW...
Sure I could use more dynamic range, but honestly, that is not really
limiting my QSO or DX count... So really, all I might see is a new
display, maybe some color, maybe a few more features, perhaps some
better filtering...
What would really chap my ass would be for Elecraft to come up with a
K4, and fork the software, and upgrade paths. That would pretty well
end all development on the K3 after some till defined ime frame, not yet
stated... If Elecraft comes up with a K4, and it is just a prettier
version of a K3, with maybe a few new additional features, but Elecraft
does not fork the product line, and/or software, I would be happy with
my current radio.
The K3 really does perform so much better than anything I have ever used
I don't imagine there is a lot that could be done to make it so much
better as to make me want a K4. I doubt any prospective K4 would up my
DXCC count, or make -50 FT8 signals suddenly decode.
I am also 66, so my current, or next radio will be probably my last...
I really don't want to get on the Flex bandwagon, of paying tons for a
radio/science experiment, only to have it sell of 40% of new, three
years later... I am happy with the K3 for now... If a K4 comes out,
maybe, but if I did not have a K3, I and knowing what I know after
owning one for years, I would be pretty ticked at myself for waiting a
year for a K4, even if it came out...
73s and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Technical Specialist
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL OOC for Oregon
On 3/24/19 11:38 AM, Chip Stratton wrote:
Seems like you need to decide what you want to do with a radio, which radio
will do best for what you have to spend, and get that radio. Why wait
around for something that might or might not be in the future and may or
may not fit your needs better in some incremental way? You will never know
if a K4 is coming until Elecraft actually announces it.
Chip
AE5KA
On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 2:15 PM levandowski <[email protected]> wrote:
I've been a dedicated Elecrafter for well over a decade. I've built and
owned all the radios - sometimes more than once - plus the KXPA100, and
many other products. Wayne should look at my purchase history records.
But I reached the point where I got tired of orange screens so I sold
everything and bought a Kenwood TS-590SG where the screen color went from
yellow through orange to green. It was a very capable radio and sounded
very nice. But I still wasn't satisfied.
So I traded it in on a TS-890S five months ago. Now that's a beautiful,
capable, colorful and HEAVY radio.
But there's just something about Elecraft......so I sold it last week, put
the money back in the bank and now I'm operating a little Hilltopper as my
only radio while I take a deep breath and figure out which of the Elecraft
radios that I previously owned and stupidly sold, I'll re-purchase.
I'm holding out hope for a new, colorful offering in the May time frame
but if not, it's probably going to be either another KX3 or a KX2 again.
Barefoot.
I guess I had to take the whole trip until I could figure out where I
wanted to settle down....
73, Stan WB2LQF
On March 24, 2019 at 1:35 PM Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]>
wrote:
Purchase what you want today. Tomorrow may never come. If you wait
until tomorrow you'll never have a new radio.
Bob, K4TAX
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