Lee Buller wrote: > > K3 - Just the beginning of some very fantastic radio technlogy - SDR types > of radios which I think we are seeing the beginning stages of the > technology. (I would put the Flex radios in here too, but I have never > operated one, but the technology is ... astounding.) >
I have never seen or used a Flex either, but I would say that that is a more ground breaking design than the K3, which as a hybrid software/hardware radio is merely an evolution of the concept that was probably pioneered by Icom with its 765PRO series, with greater attention being paid to ham band performance at the expense of other aspects that the Icom is better at. Anyone who claims the K3 is the greatest rig ever is being blinded by those IP3 numbers. But state of the art SDR designs like the Perseus manage to achieve as good or better receiver dynamic range without all those expensive crystal roofing filters, so I don't think the K3 deserves the accolade even for that reason. At the same time there are some other aspects of the K3 that are less than stellar. Transmitter IMD, for example. Or ergonomics. A lot of the K3s that have been sold were sold because their owners couldn't get on with the front panel. I'm not saying that the K3 is not a great radio, especially if you're a CW operator. But the greatest rig ever? I don't think so. ----- Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.g4ilo.com/blog.html G4ILO's Blog http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/How-long-until-K3-is-declared-the-greatest-rig-of-all-time--tp2340825p2341602.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
