On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 08:00:41AM -0700, Jim Garland wrote: > > > > > > I see that a new review of the K3 has appeared on Eham.net which will no > > doubt raise the hackles of the paid-up members of the Elecraft fan club, > > and > > cause nods of agreement from many others. > > > > http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6673 > > > > ----- > > Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. > > I read the review, and while "QRPNEW" took a few unwarranted pot shots at > the K3, I also thought he made some interesting and valid points. The gist > of his comments is that the K3 can't quite decide whether it wants to be a > small portable transceiver, or a full-sized full-featured base station > transceiver, and in trying to be both it falls short in several respects.
Well said. Another thing to consider is that a lot of the review is related to the use of the radio on SSB rather than CW. Elecraft has never had the same overall high-end achievement for phone operation as it has had for CW operation. A $700 used Kenwood TS-850 stands up pretty well against an Elecraft K3 in a phone contest. -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R [email protected] http://www.kenharker.com/ _______________________________________________ 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
