[Elecraft] Quick Feedback on K3 so far

[Simon Lewis]

Well #114 far exceeds my expectations.

My main use is for VHF/UHF as an IF driver for microwaves.

Yesterday it got connected to my Mutek 144 MHz tvtr which drives my dual
band 10g/24g tvtrs

I am really impressed with the audio quality, my ham friend who came to have
a look had his jaw on the floor and simply said "wow!" 

Really superb audio!  Even at 100 Hz - no ringing - clean crisp audio with a
lovely "feel" to it - not harsh like my pro 2. 

Filtering is excellent and monitoring some of the beacons yesterday revealed
how useful this baby will be - most people think that you can drive
microwave tvtrs with an FT290 and it will work as good as a top line radio -
which is nonsense - I need end to end performance and the K3 allows me to
dig into weak signals unlike a normal VHF multimode like a 290 never could

Low noise receiver is excellent and with my heil this sounds super - really
pleased.

No major issues during built - all smoothly put together - 1 evening and 1
mornings work. (I had a head start having built a number of K2s)

So ... Impressed and waiting for this to develop further ....

Some great features and with the 2nd rx this will really add to my station
capabilty

Well done Elecraft - another impressed customer!

:-)

73 Simon DL4PLM

And here is the final #114 finished and working on 10g/24g!

http://www.pbase.com/dl4plm/image/89757721.jpg




Simon Lewis 
GM4PLM/DL4PLM
http://www.dl4plm.net