I use my K3 4 to 6 hours every day sometimes more it has more talk power and a cleaner signal than any other rig I have ever had or still have.
Since the born on date June 13 2009 my Ft2000 station holds up the K3 at just the right hight for me I have stopped comparing A/B the receiver of the two radios. My FT2000 DMU U-Tuning 40/80 PEP 2000 firmware up dates fixed a lot wrong with the FT2k I have only transmitted on the Yaesu rig 3 times since getting my K3 kit built. I though I was going to be bothered by the size, I found that it never was an issue. The only thing I really miss is a triple band stacking registry like my Yaesu has, however I have learned to live with out it. On the size small and light has advantages over big and heavy everything in life is a trade off this thing goes mobile so easy and it has top of the line performance as well. Performance wise the K3 is hard to find fault with. The company Elecraft is light years ahead of the "big three" no face saving statements covering up design flaws, we are happy with the design there is nothing wrong with it! Yaesu rigs are still losing the front end preamps and mixers! No unanswered e-mails! No stupid answers on phone calls about issues by service personal! Rapid attention by the owners on the "group" unlike the "big three". Continuing up grading new features improvements in performance. No need to sell at a big loss a pro to get a pro 1 , pro 2, pro3. I could go on but you all get the picture there is only small nic picks that I would change one being the volume of the side tone, spot and how its tied together, even this is just a matter of getting used to how it works. My experience with my FT2000 was so bad the first year with twice broken front end and couple that with the (I feel) intentional lying about Diversity Receive and roof filter performance. The only "JOY" had was UPS made money shipping it. I will not be purchasing a FT5000 or even thinking about one Yaesu lied and my 18 years loyalty died. And besides I have a K3 which is better than my FT2k in every way but size and looks, Yaesu DMU eye candy is nice but that's what it is over priced eye candy. One night I was AM broadcast DXing just to see what I could hear I live 12 miles from WLS .890 50k boomer 3 miles from Radio Mickey Mouse 1.300 AM, 20 miles from .780 WBBM 50k boomer I was using my Hy Tower antenna listen to .770 WABC in NY clear and clean with out the woop woop of .780 just like I was in there 100 % coverage zone I find that amazing just a quick adjustment of the shift a bit cleaned up the interference just up the band. I have never experienced any thing like that with any other radio even a Rich Mish rebuilt R390a Motorola, FT1000d and so on. My location is close to many AM broadcast stations the K3 don't even know they are there when I'm on the ham bands. Can't say that about the FT2000 or some of the Icom's I have had in the past. Elecraft has designed a "pro stock race car" capable with the right tune up winning any NHRA drag race. It's up to the driver /tuner to adjust and get it right for best performance, the rig often has to much "gain" and needs to be pulled back a bit to optimize the performance. Again I use my K3 4 to 6 hrs every day all I can say is right on Elecraft keep up the good work I appreciate it very much, and job well done, the field is all chasing you. Regards Art ka9zap ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
