Some of the replies really made me thinking, as the K3 really seems to give a great value for money. But in the end I'll probably come back to the kit building experience I prefer (for now).
The K3 offers a lot of things, but maybe too much for a ham beginner like me. So for now I'll end up with a K2 I think, and once I'm a bit more experienced in a few years and would like to do some RTTY or PSK31, there's still the option to add a K3 to the shack. 73, Thomas lstavenhagen wrote: > >>And finally: consider the K3. > > This was actually the route I took instead of decking out my K2. So I > would also second this recommendation if your end goal is a fully featured > rig that supports all the modes, all bands, DSP etc. > > I.e. the base 10 watt K3 comes stock with SSB/RTTY/PSK31, etc support, > audio I/O, an RS-232 interface, 160 and 6M, DSP and other creature > comforts that make life really nice for certain things. When you actually > push the pencil across the piece of paper on it, the K3 actually ends up > being the better option in that case. It also has other things you can't > get in the K2 such as a high-stability reference osc., QRO internal ant. > tuner (i.e. you don't have to ditch the internal tuner when you install > the 100W module), and generally higher performance in the RX. > > However, the K3 doesn't offer the same kit building experience as the K2 > because it's a modular, no-soldering kit. The K2 is a true box-of-parts to > fully functional rig experience, which I found to be great fun when > building mine. I was a first-time kit builder never having built a kit of > any kind before, so I had to go slow and prepare carefully by buying all > the correct tools etc. > > I even wound my own toroids, which I still recommend even tho it's tedious > at times. You actually learn some things in that process that you probably > wouldn't otherwise... > > So, IMO, I say do both! I'm a lot more broke now than I would have been if > I'd only done one of them, of course, but then again I'll never have to > buy another rig again if I don't want to. > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/A-few-questions-before-ordering-the-K2-kit-tp5251717p5257404.html Sent from the [K2] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
