My current issue of RadCom arrived today (my favorite ham mag) from the RSGB and it has a 'Peter Hart' review of the 3000. I have traditionally enjoyed Peter Hart's reviews more than any US magazine, he seems to get to the point without a lot of tales of contest adventures, etc. Also, he has reviewed the K3 and found it to be a great radio, not a radio of the Gods.
If I might quote without getting sued: "As might be expected, the overall operating experience was similar to the FLEX-5000A. I found the on-air performance of the radio very impressive. The receiver sounded very clean and low noise. The audio quality is excellent and the filter arrangements are really effective. There is no click when the headphones are connected: this problem with the FLEX-5000a has been fixed. The panadapter display adds another dimension to tuning and keeps you aware of signals on adjacent channels. DSP noise reduction, noise blanking and other receiver features all worked very well indeed. I did not experience any problems due to intermodulation or overload but images could be heard from strong broadcasters and strong amateur stations. The ability to receive on two channels simultaneously in stereo within the IF band was excellent, just what is needed for DX split frequency working. The autio quality on transmit using a Heil Handi Mic HM-5 was excellent and CW effective but the fans seemed very noisy. Its a matter of personal preference how you view the computer keyboard as your sole interface to your radio. Some feel it is the way forward, highly flexible and features such as point and click tuning enable rapid frequency navigation. Others. including myself, prefer the traditional approach with round knobs, switches and a good tuning dial. The Flex-3000 with PowerSDR software is a most impressinve radio. Although some aspects of performance are not as good as the FLEX-5000a, it is nevertheless an excellent performer and a significant price saving over its larger brother. There has been a substantial price increase over the last year on many US products. The FLEX-3000 is priced at 1395 pounds inc. VAT, almost half the current price of the FLEX-5000a with ATU." Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 242 0911 _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to [email protected]
