See and personally I'm quite loathed to the idea of owning a radio thats "done". I suppose my K1 is "done" and I still love that little rig but thats a completely different style of rig and by no means my primary radio. But like I said, I'll be disappointed the day the K3 is considered "done". That being said I'm sure I'll keep it around until its considered a boat anchor. But everything in my shack I've either personally built or put together from a kit. Gives a better sense of ownership to me.
Thankfully amateur radio is full of choices and I welcome you to vote with your dollars wherever you wish to. ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 23:28 -0700, juergen piezo wrote: > Hi Dave > > Minor differences of a few Db here and there does not mean much in the real > world for most operators. Considering how perfect the ADAT radio is in all > aspects of its design, any criticism just seems like jealous nitt-picking. > > I have been wanting to buy a K3 now since its release, which is almost two > years now. However I am unwilling to invest in a product that is essentially > unfinished. > > Its been almost two years now and the radio still has missing features and > functions. While I admire those who staunchly defend Elecraft and their own > love of the K3, I do want something thats 100% out of the box with all > features working. The P3 is another case in point how long will it take > before its as good as say the Yaesu DMU, 2 years as well? > > The ADAT appears to be a finished product, all its core features have been > delivered with excellent styling and engineering. I dont know how so many > can be so critical of this well designed radio. It has a perfect receiver, > transmitter, S-meter, CW keying sidebands and probably the worlds best IMD > performance from a transmitter. It really delivers a knockout blows against > the K3. These several key feature advantages over the K3 would be attractive > to more operators than few Db in receiver performance. If Ulrich Rhode N1UL > owns one, it says a lot about the radios design excellence! > > Anyway if I had to choose today between buying a K3 or an ADAT I would > probably buy the ADAT, which I only found out about from reading this list! > I dont see how the K3 could be improved to feature match the ADAT, it would > take a new design from Elecraft. > > 73, John > > > > The electrical specs of this radio may not be as "good" as the K3 or other > radios for that matter but, you can't ignore the construction of this radio. > > It looks like it is using mil-spec construction techniques, which isn't cheap > to implement. > > If the Elecraft radios had an option to purchase thicker aluminum panels, > which shouldn't be a real expensive option, it would give it the feel of > something that will be a $4k+ radio (with options). Although we may not like > the Asian brands, it's pretty tough to ignore what a sub $1k radio gives you > in terms of mechanical construction techniques. > > Dave > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
