The K4 is a big improvement over the K3 in terms of sounding significantly cleaner on receive, it sounds especially sweet at very narrow CW bandwidths. Controlled envelope SSB is likely to be included in the next firmware release, which according to Wayne gives a huge increase in talk power.
There is an interesting review of the K4 on eHam, in which the author compares it against the top of the range Icom IC-7851 and the 7610… take a look. I have no regrets after selling my 2007 vintage early K3 last year and placing an order for a K4D. The K3 came out in 2007, still having support, even if additional modules are in short supply, after all this time isn’t bad going. Most of the K4 support is on K4 groups.io 73 Dave G4AON K4D #286 ————— “ I have yet to hear a compelling argument on why the K4 is superior to the K3s ... at least in terms of raw performance. Lots of creature features, maybe, but of the two the bang for the dollar still clearly goes to the K3s in my opinion. But yes, in many respects Elecraft has left K3/K3s owners in the dust by putting all their production focus on the K4. I'm afraid your hope is not well founded. 73, Dave AB7E” -- Sent from my iPhone SE ______________________________________________________________ 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]
