Thanks for all the replies — both online and off. Looks like everyone suggests keeping the K3+P3. Since I have no plans to get rid of the KX3+ I will let the issue quietly drop into the back ground and revisit in another six months.
73, phil, K7PEH > On May 22, 2021, at 7:36 PM, Roger Meadows <[email protected]> wrote: > > Or you can just program a macro to do all that. > > On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 10:34 PM Bill Frantz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 5/23/21 at 7:01 PM, [email protected] (Keith Onishi) wrote: >> >>> Listening CW in crowded situation like contesting. K3 is much better >> than KX3. >>> Operating in digital mode, you can neither listen to receiving >>> signals nor monitor your own transmitting audio with KX3. >> >> (No operating session is really complete without at least one >> SSB, digital, and CW QSO.) >> >> I like digital modes and run both radios, the KX3 for portable >> operations and the K3 for "in the shack". Switching between >> digital and SSB on the KX3 is a PITA compared with the K3. On >> the KX3 I have to: >> >> Unplug the microphone and plug in the computer sound card. >> Turn off the mic bias. >> Re-adjust the mic level. >> Turn on the VOX. >> >> On the K3 I just have to turn on the VOX. All the cables stay in place. >> >> On the KX3, I monitor the RX audio with a spliter cable feeding >> headphones and my computer. (I don't generally monitor TX audio >> with headphones on either radio.) I do tune RTTY via the >> monitored audio. >> >> 73 Bill AE6JV >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Bill Frantz | Since the IBM Selectric, keyboards have gotten >> 408-348-7900 | steadily worse. Now we have touchscreen keyboards. >> www.pwpconsult.com | Can we make something even worse? >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] >> > -- > Roger Meadows > AE4RM > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
