[Elecraft] K3 Kit philosophy

[David Ferrington]

Just to say that this will be my first Elecraft kit - I think with modern SM
technology, Elecraft had no choice but to go the direction they have. If
they didn't use SMD, they wouldn't be a contender or the K3 would have been
the size of my refrigerator in order to get all the functionality!

And fwiw, one reason I was previously looking at the FT-2000 instead of a K2
was the build time (other were DSP and second tuner etc). The K3 changed all
that - has in fact beaten it. I'm still a new ham, but I think Elecraft got
the flexibility of the FT-2000 with the features (true 2nd Rx) of the
FT-9000 for a fraction of the price.

Besides, I've ordered a XV144 too, so I'll get some serious building in as
well :-)

-- 
An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and
hide them in a hole, which a cat observing, asked, "Why he would hoard up
those round shining things that he could make no use of?" "Why," said the
jackdaw, "my master has a whole chestfull, and makes no more use of them
that I do." -Jonathan Swift, satirist (1667-1745)