Couldn't agree more. Due to a change in living arrangements I am down to a KX3/100 and a K2/100. From a technical and portability point of view the KX3 has the edge. But the K2 just sounds more like, and its innards (which I assembled) just look more like, what a radio was when I became captivated by ham radio more than 60 years ago. A friend (KB0YH) has my K2 out for sea trials after its having sat unused for quite a while. When he signs off on it I'll be hard pressed to decide. The K2's 100-watt amp and tuner in the low-rise chassis are no longer available, I believe. If that's so, the combo is probably fairly valuable. But so is nostalgia, which generally improves with age.
Ted, KN1CBR Message: 1 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:19:27 -0500 From: Bob McGraw <[email protected]> To: Elecraft Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] K2 versus K3 specs Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Regardless of specs, there is one fellow when asked about the best radio will always answer "it is the one you enjoy using". 73 Bob, K4TAX Message: 7 Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:44:23 -0400 (EDT) From: brianpepperdine brianpepperdine<[email protected]> To:[email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] K2 versus K3 specs Message-ID:<[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; delsp=no I realize there are a myriad of differences between the K2 and K3, but today I read the specs in each owners manual and was somewhat surprised that the each is listed at about -135 dBm sensitivity (pre-amp on for K2...pre-amp off at - 130 dBm for K2). I was curious since I was going thru those tests on the K2/KAT100 set I have....in anticipation of any hamfest that might come around...whether to retain or not. If this is basically what this rig does (K2) aside from what more my K3 offers in other ways (variable bandwidth filter etc) then the K2 seems to be something to hold onto, pending a decent offer I could live with. Anyhow, I am just spit-balling and throwing this out there, FWIW. Brian VE3HI ------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________ 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]
