Hello Jim, I was a Pro 3 user as well in the old days. K3 belongs to another class and is aimed at standing along the top liners. Therefore, I would say that K3 will certainly out perform Pro 3 especially in CW.
However, K3 is not in the same price range of Pro3 so that it is not quite a like with like comparison. K3 is not inexpensive when you add up all the options such as ATU, General coverage band pass module, additional roofing filters, transverter interface, TCXO, P3 band spectrum, digital voice recorder etc etc. Of course, you have the full liberty to make your own choices among the options. 73 Johnny VR2XMC ----- 郵件原件 ---- 寄件人﹕ Hector Padron <[email protected]> 收件人﹕ Jim bennett <[email protected]> 副本(CC) [email protected] 傳送日期﹕ 2010/4/25 (日) 7:36:07 PM 主題： Re: [Elecraft] K3 Replaced Your Pro III? Well Jim,you get it,I owned a ProIII for 3 years and it was replaced for my actual K3. I was always thinking my ProIII was the jewel of hamradios but the day my friend AD4Z loaned me for a week his new K3 for comparison test against my ProIII my heart was broken. The K3 leaves the ProIII way back in the dust.Even the ProIII has an excellent receiver,the lack of roofing filter makes it useless when a strong station comes 2Khz close to your freq,it will desense and the AGC will start pumping badly,also the CW ringing noise starts after DSP selectivity is reduced below 500Hz,that won't happen with the K3. In audio quality terms even the ProIII sounds very good,the K3 has a better quality either on RX and TX. If you like to TX on ESSB,the ProIII has a very simple "bass and treble" equalization for the mic that is limited and sometimes there is no way to EQ properly your audio when the K3 has an excellent 8 bands EQ that will allow you to EQ any type of mic to your your needs. In general the K3 is a much better radio than the ProIII except that if you want to have the spectrum analyzer you will have to spend $700 more to have the P3. Go for it,you won't be disapointed. K3 is a winner and keeper.73 AD4C "For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3" --- On Sun, 4/25/10, Jim bennett <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jim bennett <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Replaced Your Pro III? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010, 5:45 AM Sorry if this has been posted before, but my eyes are bloodshot from searching the archives looking for a relevant post! If this HAS been posted, please point me to the thread... I'm considering selling my Pro III AND my early serial number K2 and getting a K3/100. I like to take my K2 "in the field" car camping, backyard patio, and on occasion, DX-peditions (PJ7/W6JHB) + several outings to NW Maui. The '756 isn't the radio for that, and the K3 appears far superior to the K2. I really don't need to have two HF rigs, if one will suffice for bench-top and portable use. Thus, consolidating into one, relatively high-end rig "seems" like a good choice. However, before I sell my equipment and set the XYL on the war path, I'd like to hear comments, good or bad, from anyone who has owned the 756 Pro III (not a Pro or Pro II) and replaced it with a K3. Thanks, Jim / W6JHB -- ______________________________________________________________ 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
