Fred says, "You're going to get a LOT of opinions, Phil!"
Well, I guess the good news for asking a question is that the various opinions and comments were all consistent with each other and even with those I received on my own e-mail address directly. Unfortunately, there is not real big blooper that forces the decision one way or another so I need to decide based on my own personal choices. Which is good as I would hate to make a choice and then later discover that I made some big blunder in choosing the wrong rig. Thanks for all the comments though from everyone who chimed in. 73, phil, K7PEH On May 8, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > Phil Hystad wrote: > >> A lot of guys talk about buying a K3 and using their K2 for portable >> ops. I am curious -- other then the obvious cost difference and the >> fact that I don't have a K2, is there any reason why a K2 would be a >> better portable ops rig then a K3? > > You're going to get a LOT of opinions, Phil! I bought the K2/QRP > because it was the Elecraft top-of-the-line at that time, I had used one > and was stunned at the receiver, and I liked the weight, size, and low > RX current drain, I do some field events and contests in the summer. I > used it for a couple or three years, augmented it with a KX1 for a > cruise through the Panama Canal, and was a pretty happy camper. > > Then the K3 was announced and I got a couple of chances to try out early > S/N's and decided it would meet a big need ... I have two local friends > who run a lot of power within 4 km of me. My TS-850 was essentially > unusable on the band they were on, so I got the K3 [#642]. I am hugely > happy with it, the TS-850 is gone, and the old TS-830 will be soon. > > Like you, my K3 is fairly well shackled to the rack with lots of cables. > I take the K2 for the field events. It works great for me, YMMV. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010 > - www.cqp.org > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
