[Elecraft] Need advice - which Elecraft rig for SE Asia?

[Chris Wagner]

It's time to get a new rig. I'll be using it in Thailand - with bad
conditions (Chinese radar, pirates and not many hams in neighboring
countries).

>From experience, I know and love the K1 and K2. But right now I'm confused
about which one to buy. The KX1 is very portable and with bad conditions, a
few bands should suffice. But I also love the K3 hi.

Is the K3's filters an improvement to the K2's variable one? Are machines or
people building the factory assembled K3s? Has someone compared K2 and K3
side by side? Thank you!

Chris Hs0zfe