I spoke with Peter at the recent CDXC dinner. He said that he would review the K3 if one were made available to him.
Unfortunately it won't be mine, as it is already the subject of my own investigations. 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:04:48 +0000, Ian White GM3SEK wrote: > G4ILO wrote: >> Bill W4ZV wrote: >> >>> Does anyone in EU have any idea when Peter Hart G3SJX will publish a K3 >>> review? Would be wonderful if he had one with all the various CW filters >>> installed for comparisons. Rob Sherwood is testing all now but has not >>> yet made the results publicly available (i.e. 500/400/250/200). >>> > >> I seem to recall someone on this list with RSGB connections posted a >> few months back to the effect that Peter wasn't particularly >> interested. Elecraft doesn't advertise in RadCom, nor are their >> products available through the dealers that buy advertising in its pages. >> >> There was a review of the K2 a few years back, but it was not by G3SJX >> but by one of our own list members who is / was an RSGB officer and >> happened to be a K2 owner. >> > Those statements are incorrect in almost every detail. > > The Radcom review of the K2 was actually two separate articles by two > different users. The first was by Dave, G3YMC, who is well known on this > list; and the second was by the RSGB President, who had just completed > his own K2. What Dave actually posted to this list was: > > "At the time Peter Hart G3SJX was taking a break from writing reviews > and had no objection to me doing it. But it was always from a user's > perspective and was never intended to be any sort of lab test." [1] > > Now "taking a break" has somehow turned into "wasn't particularly > interested". > > I don't know if Peter Hart has plans to review the K3 or not. But I do > know Peter, and I do know that his reviews have NEVER been influenced by > advertising considerations. > > The RSGB advertising department may try to sell space opposite a review > that is about to be published, but that in no way affects the integrity > of what Peter has already written. > > > [1] > <http://www.nabble.com/K3-review-for-RadCom-to14083704.html#a140 83704> _______________________________________________ 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
