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I am only a casual SSB operator, The K3 is a great radio for anyone. Tech
support is the best. One of the great things about the K3, is that you don't
need to worry about next week the K4 will be out and 6 months
the K5 and so on. They keep making the K3 best with updates for everyone.
Chris
Good morning everyone,
I am looking for my forever ham rig and have a concern. Most of the questions
and issues discussed here involve fairly technical electronics issues that are
somewhat beyond my level of understanding. I am a pretty good CPA but not an
electronics person at all.
My
Tom, I was in a similar situation. I had been away from ham radio for
quite some time and wanted to dive back in. I, also, was looking for
my last rig.
Well, Tom, I found it! My K3 #859 is a wonderful radio! A casual
operator can operate this radio right out of the box, but it is super
Tom,
I am a mostly casual SSB operator and I am loving my K3. It took a little bit
of fiddling with to set up it up - I made adjustments to AGC threshold and
slope. I enjoyed learning about these settings and was surprised by how
much they allowed me to adjust the audio for my
Tom,
Welcome back to ham radio.
Are you capable of connecting a microphone to the transceiver and also
an antenna?
I know that may seem to be a bit of a smart answer, but it is
reality. The default settings will suffice to get started. Yes, you
may have to change the menu items for
Welcome back to the world of ham radio, Tom! Your path has been similar to
mine, except that my early venture into ham radio was more than 50 years ago,
not 25.
As to your question, the answer is an unequivocal yes from this ham operator,
who was an English Writing major in college and has
Welcome back Tom.
I agree with all the other answers so far. The one thing I would add to these
is... the K3 is an ever evolving radio. As new ideas come along, or
improvements... the great folks at Elecraft update the firmware. You can
download the new version and wala... your radio is as up
Lots of people seem to get hung up on the technology of the K3,
sometimes pointing to the intricacy of the rather extensive menu
system. In my opinion, that's totally unwarranted. I'm a fairly
serious contester and occasional DX'er, but I rarely touch more than a
couple of buttons on my
Tom,
for what its worth, the K3 is a lot more radio than a casual SSB
operator NEEDS.
Having said that, I would recommend one anyway for several reasons...
* Its relative lack of interference from nearby strong signals (if
they are clean) makes it a pleasure to use.
* Its excellent
I have owned some top end radios and I'm a SSB/Digital op my K3 replaced a
very good radio and I'm pleased to say may be my last...unless a K4
comes along. You will be quite pleased with one bone stock out of the box
and with time find you can customize it however you please.
That's the
I have been using my K3 for SSB rag chew on 40/75/160 since I built it
over a year ago. I don't DX or contest.
It took a long time to get the receive to where I wanted it for armchair
copy - but, it was well worth the effort. To me, the K3 is the Rolls
Royce of rigs, yet is not the most
I am a new ham (only 27+ months licensed) and I couldn't be more happy with the
K3. It provides the best receiver for the price bar none and like Fred
mentioned it is customizable which is super cool.
I use it with dual receivers and the LP Panadapter and I enjoy it very much. If
you are
Tom,
Don't even think twice or look over your shoulder. The K3 will be my last
radio, unless they create a K4. I am not an electrical guy, but a biologist.
I research my purchases and value quality as well as value.
If you value the same you will not regret purchasing a K3.
Brian, K1NW
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] Will a casual SSB operator enjoy the K3?
Tom,
Don't even think twice or look over your shoulder. The K3 will be my last
radio, unless they create a K4. I am not an electrical guy, but a biologist.
I research my purchases and value quality as well as value.
If you value the same you will not regret
Casual SSB with a K3: yes no worries there. It does casual SSB very
well.
forever rig with a K3: definitelyunless some radical and amazing
new technology comes out that will turn ssb into a thing of the past the
K3 will be a great radio.
Do you need to be a propeller head like me
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