[Elecraft] wherefore art thou, K3?

[Simon Brown (HB9DRV)]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Toepfer" <davetoepfer at yahoo.com>

> A bigger case with a new bigger front panel for
> more/larger knobs, larger display, and analog S-meter;  As someone said, 
> more
> base/main station like.

That would make me seriously consider a K3/4/5 - I bought the TS-480SAT 
earlier this year to use as GD4ELI when visiting my mother. The TS-480SAT is 
a great performer, excellent value for money, easy to use at home and 
mobile. But IMO neither the K2 or TS-480SAT are 'real' radios of the type I 
grew up with - Eddystone EA-12, ex-military etc. although they obviously 
offer far better performance and in relative terms are much cheaper.

Don't take this as a knock on Elecraft, but were I to build a large radio (I 
have the K1 and KX1 here and applaud Elecraft's commitment to the Amateur 
market) then I would want to build something Meaty Beaty Big and not very
Bouncy.

Even a K2 re-packaged - one thing I like about my IC-7800 (which I am 
selling) is the large user interface.

Simon Brown
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