My take: 35W drives my amp to 1.5KW on CW, can't see the value of a 200W exciter.
The "looks" of my K3 are just beautiful. Not as good looking as my girlfriend but it does just fine in the shack. ;) Gary KA1J > Sorry for the misspelling in the original message. It should have > started "A fellow". He told me that a "Big Gun" would never buy a K3. > #1 due to not having 200w, #2 due to ergonomics. He basically said > that people that buy a K3 don't use it enough to not see the inherent > flaws in the layout, size etc. of the K3. He felt the 1000d was much > better. I don't own my 1000d or MkII anymore. I did buy the K3's with > some reservation as far as it being more like my 751a as far as > bandswitching etc. But after using the K3 for over a year I have found > very few things to complain about. My Ft-2000 sure was prettier > though. Anyway I thought after being on this reflector for a long time > now that most people here were obviously pretty sharp, and use there > rigs quite a bit. I am not a contestor but I would guess those that > are have the basic requirements of a station with the antenna being > the number one concern, if not determination.. > I've always found that the antenna was the most critical part of my > station. Then the transceiver as far dynamic range etc. Then power > output, in that order. What does everyone else think? I know looks to > a lot of people are #1, but I'm sure that the station I am trying to > contact really doesn't care. > Randy > K8RDD > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
