____________________________________ ...Does part of the K3 spec mention that it's supposed to be a precision swr indicator?...
73, Dunc, W5DC ____________________________________ I am shocked and dismayed that the SWR indicator in the K3 does not, after all, rival an external, laboratory-grade instrument. This is a tremendously disturbing disappointment for me. In this state of dejection and disillusionment, and hoping to assuage my sorrow, I set out to verify some of the other controls on the K3 that I had assumed would be absolutely accurate. To my horror, I must now report -- with extreme reluctance-- that the CW speed control under-reports the CW speed by 2 WPM! How can this be? Wayne, I demand an immediate explanation. That was bad enough, but that's not all. To add seeming insult to injury, I have now found that when my CW pitch is set to 600 Hz the actual measured pitch is closer to 608 Hz. Instead of a D, it's more like an E-flat. Certainly, none of us is going to stand for that. If these two conditions are not corrected in the next release I'm going back to my Kensucom MarkTwoDoublePlusGee. I really thought that the K3 was a perfect rig in a perfect world, but I am utterly crushed to find that it is a merely great one in an imperfect world. Darn. W6LX said that. ______________________________________________________________ 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
