Phil, you pose some great questions. Here goes:
1. The one option I would not get is the high accuracy oscillator.but that's just me. 2. As far as esoteric parts are concerned, Maybe Eric or Wayne should answer that one. I had an Orion 1 a couple of years back. But it did not have an internal tuner. At that time There was no upgrade path, so I looked into the Orion 2. (Too expensive) but then learned That the manufacturer of the signal processor in the Orion 1 had discontinued their part! I don't know what became of that issue but I didn't want to become a victim of "passed repair". I tried an OMNI VII for a few months but its receiver didn't measure up to the Orion's. That's when I decided to try the K3 kit and I have been totally happy with it and support. 3. Assembly is a piece of cake, even for a 73 year old like me. There is one caveat. Protect your investment by using electrostatic pad and wrist strap. Hope this helps. 73, Fred AE6IC ______________________________________________________________ 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
