The K2 and K2/100 were "world class" radios that needed apologize to no one for their raw performance the day before the K3 was announced, and that hasn't changed since the K3 announcement.
I don't know if the K2 had the best absolute performance specifications in all categories on the market either before or after the K3 announcement. Specifications are only a part of what defines an outstanding rig. Anyone who has followed the auto racing circuits knows that key races often are won by drivers who were not in the car with the highest top speed or which excelled the others in any particular specification. Skill and experience behind the wheel makes a huge difference that obviates the most sophisticated engineering the state-of-the art allows, and the best state-of-the-art engineering can't make a winner without the skill to exploit it. The same is true for the skill and experience of the person turning the knobs of a K2, K2/100, K3 or any other rig. The K3 has lots of bells and whistles that many operators wanted, but will it work stations someone with a K2 can't? Not necessarily. Not in the real world. The difference between the K2 and the K3 is that they offer different resources (that's a better word than "bells and whistles" when convincing your spouse or significant other that the price is worth it). Those resources will be valuable under certain conditions to certain operators, but that doesn't make the K2 a "lesser radio". It's only a "different" radio. The K2 does not need to apologize to anyone, especially not a K3, for lacking anything important when it comes to the raw enjoyment of snagging rare DX or having an enjoyable rag chew, just as the KX1 need not apologize for its performance as a world class trail-ready rig or the K1 for its role as a mid sized QRP CW rig. Each rig has a role to play. Each rig has its fans, as it should, because each rig is "world-class" in its own right. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
