Yes, the K3 is light and rugged. On the other hand, it doesn't run on a built-in battery.
I did a "light-weight" one-person DXpedition to Bangladesh. Mains power on St Martin's Island [on the Bay of Bengal] was a generator which ran only a few hours per day. So, the built-in battery of the K2 allowed me to operate long hours, and recharge from the generator while I was asleep. The entire rig including battery chargers, key and mike fir nicely into a small hardshell case the size of a laptop bag - cabin baggage - and the Sigma 5 centre-fed vertical [which worked fb on the beach near the salt water] went into a sports bag which went as checked baggage. I used an early Sony palmtop [netbook-like] for logging. eric VA7DZ K3 3620 K2 XXX -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ______________________________________________________________ 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
