[Elecraft] K3 SSB

[Bill Coleman]

On Jun 22, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:

> I am a K2 owner and a serious phone contester.  I do not use the K2  
> for
> contesting.  The two biggest flaws are (a) the tuning rate of the main
> tuning knob is awful for serious phone use and cannot be improved, and
> (b) there is no audio monitor.

a) you can select the 50 Hz tuning rate, which does OK for tuning  
phone. In fact, one of my wish list items for the K2 is to have the  
default tuning rate track the mode, so you don't have to keep  
switching it. 50 Hz tuning yields 5 kHz / revolution.

b) do you really need to listen to yourself? If you are using two  
radios, you don't want the monitor at all.

> The K3 will fix both of these problems
> as well as adding a second receiver option (useful for 40 meters split
> operation) among other improvements for the phone operator.

The K3 is better for serious contesting in many ways, but the K2 does  
hold its own.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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