Ah Don, You are so kind. I expected to be labeled a troll.
Monte, yes, I got hid hard by the IT recession - and never recovered - and now we have another recession. I work at under half my last IT salary - managing/leading squads of TSA screeners - making sure they do their jobs by the book - to keep our country safe. I do not expect to ever get another IT job. I do save my pennies and like to buy quality equipment. I have a Palstar auto-tuner - it's the best! It can be computer controlled, but nobody wrote any software for it. So I wrote a Java program to control it - it's available from the Palstar AT AUTO yahoo group. Java is easy, but all that reusable code that comes with it - took a bit of reading/research. I saved my pennies and purchased the SGC 500 amplifier. It really has great self protection, has auto band switching, and operates on 12 to 14 volts. I deal with S5 to S9 noise every day on Mars nets. They don't go find a quieter frequency - they just deal with it. I'm close to having saved enough for a better radio. I don't like the Flex approach - favoring the Elecraft design. But alas - I don't feel the radio is finished - hardware wise. Icom, Flex, Elecraft - they all have downloadable firmware/software - I'm not afraid of new software releases. Hardware mods - yep - I don't want to deal with them. And I only brought it up because the first poster showed us his eham review, which seemed to be stating that the K3 is done/perfected/100%. But I will wait a little longer. BTW, maybe I don't need a better radio? Maybe a MFJ 1026? Maybe a beverage antenna? Maybe if all the MARS members purchase a 500 watt transmitter? Nosie noise nosie... Howard Howard writes thoughtfully and I like his style. His comments are well thought out and cleverly put and I welcome them. Thank you Howard. The early K3 was not your cup of tea but it is exactly what I wanted .. we all have different needs. So, what else is new? I have had my K3 #195 for 18 months now and I am simply delighted. It was perfect for *me*. Don K7FJ -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-eHam-review-after-2%2B-years-tp3202931p3208251.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
