Thanks Dave, Your points parallel my thinking. Just want to have all the ducks in a row before pulling the trigger on an order.
I especially agree with the last sentence…make a good antenna first... > On May 12, 2020, at 6:51 AM, David Wilcox <djwilco...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I have both rigs and mostly use just the basic stuff for home and camping > CW/SSB QRP contacts so the KX2 works, BUT The KX2 isn’t much of a cost > savings over the KX3 and the KX3 has a lot more features. The only reason I > would choose the KX2 again is if I was backpacking and size/weight were > important. The KX2 was “so cute” I had to have one and ran to the booth at > Dayton the next morning after Eric’s introductory lecture about it at FDIM to > purchase #34 from him. It’s a fun rig, works well, but if you can have only > one get the KX3. > > And as a side note the Elecraft antenna tuners, in rigs or separately can’t > be beat. They will tune a wet noodle if that is needed for your ham radio > experience. They almost make you think your really lousy antenna is the > greatest because they will tune it, but again, if the results aren’t what you > want it’s probably a poor antenna and the tuner is making it look better than > it is. Make a good antenna first and then use a tuner to take the pressure > off your finals or expand the bandwidth. > > Dave K8WPE > > David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > >> On May 12, 2020, at 7:37 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft >> <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: >> >> Good Morning, I have a simple but difficult question for the CW ops. >> >> I’m wanting to get back to ham radio and specifically CW. Since I’m >> starting from scratch I am looking hard at all equipment needed to get on >> the air. I’ve ordered supplies to assemble a 40M inverted V and have been >> thinking the best first rig I ought to order would be a KX2. Now reading >> the posts on this forum I see that 95% of the ops use the KX3s. >> >> Would anyone please like to educate me on these very unbalanced rig >> ownership numbers? >> >> Thank you, Tommy2 >> >>> ***************************************** >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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
