Four times?? A K2 with enough options to make it comparable to an
IC-756ProIII is $1861.00. The current best price on the IC-756ProIII is
2695.00 - that's not even twice, its only 30% more. Considering the the
time invested in building one - the K2 is not even close to an
economical radio. The 756ProIII represents one aspect of state of the
art that is unmatched by anything else on the market of comparable
price. Its receiver isn't going to perform like a K3 or even a K2. But
it isn't a bad receiver either and ranks among the best for mainstream
middle-priced transceivers. And when it comes to ergonomics, the ProIII
wins hands down over anything I've used.
Gary D Krause wrote:
Another thing that should be mentioned is that the Pro 3 is four times
the cost of a K2. So, it stands to reason that it should do something
a little better than the K2, at least four times better. Does it?
If I were an owner of a high end transciever costing thousands of
dollars, I would be a little disappointed after seeing the figures
that have just been published on the K3. Even the K2 is up there near
the top. We can all spend thousands of dollars chasing technology and
it never ends. There will always be something bigger and better.
Gary, N7HTS
K2 #6113
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:18:47 -0400
"Brett Gazdzinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would say the K2 is better than the pro2, not quite as good as the
pro3.
The pro 3 was improved quite a bit, the noise reduction really works
well,
as do the filters, its not as bothered by close in signals as the
older units,
and its got less noise, but still quite a bit compared to the corsair
I have.
The functionality of the pro3 is VERY good, triple band stacking
registers,
just push the 80 meter button three times and go through 3 different
settings,
cw, ssb and am, the rig remembers all the settings, which antenna,
and tunes it, the filters, frequencies, etc, and it does that for
every band.
Another thing I really like about the pro3 is tuning in an ssb qso,
very often
the frequency is spot on, like within 1 cycle! I find that the other
stations are also
right on frequency, no guesswork...
Another thing I was surprised about was the auto notch.
It will follow a signal around and notch it out, and an ssb qso
is 100%, and does not even sound bad!
Does the K3 do that?
AM reception is quite good, although the high end rolls off
early no matter what filter you use.
I never tried it on FM.
The K2 is ham band only, the pro series does general coverage and 6
meters,
and gives 100 watts out on all bands and frequencies ,and does 160
meters.
On CW, changing the pitch is turning a knob, it does everything, and
is its own knob,
in the K2, changing the pitch requires redoing all the filters....
With the band scope, the pro3 is a lot for the money.
It does have the usual 70mhz 1st IF problems, but much less then
the older ones, and the usual noise and poor audio output, but that is
also much better than the old ones.
You cant build an Icom though....
Brett
N2DTS
The pro 3 is now about $2500.00 new.
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