Hello Tommy, I just wanted to add. As a KX2 owner, if you did go with the KX2 you would not be unsatisfied if your desires were to operate QRP on 10-80 meters and planned to do portable work. Otherwise I would tend to agree with the others, the K3 is an excellent choice, I have used them in guest-op situations for contesting many times and they are fantastic radios. For the record, I considered the KX3 for a long time but opted for the KX2 because at the time I thought I would be doing way more portable ops, using it at home for QRP digital, some SSB and now adding CW into the mix I have been very pleased with it, take that for what it is worth. Sherwood puts the KX3 pretty high on the list, upgrading probably doesn't make sense for me but for a home station starting with the KX3 probably makes a lot of sense.
Cheers, On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 1:47 PM Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > On 5/12/2020 8:11 AM, Buck wrote: > > A used K3 would be my recommendation if you don't need portability. The > > K3 is still one of the finest radios ever made > > I agree. The KX3 is a fine radio, but the K3 is much easier to use if > you want to do modes other than CW and SSB. In today's world, digital > modes have become quite popular, in large part because they make it > possible to work through the greatly increased noise levels present > where most of us live. > > and can run the full 100 > > watts > > The base K3 is a 15W radio. The 100W amp in a K3/100 is an option. > > > when QRP just won't cut it. > > I work a lot of QRP, but I also work a lot at 1.5 kW. > > My first recommendation would be a used K3/100 if you don't need the > compactness of the KX3, but study the options that are installed. Some > options are no longer available from Elecraft. Get advice from a K3 > owner if you don't understand the details. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 st...@kj5t.net ______________________________________________________________ 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
