[Elecraft] New Elecraft rigs...

[Vic K2VCO]

Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote:

> Indeed - I have a K3 on order and would pay $1,000 more for a nice 19" 
> big panel. Same as we have now, just bigger. Bigger buttons, bigger 
> labels, nice 4" tuning knob (like the FTDX-9000).
> 
> The age profile of Hams who can afford new radios must show that we're 
> suffering from the age-related problems such as poor eyesight, less 
> flexible fingers and easy confusion when presented with lots of small 
> buttons (one reason why I like my TS-480SAT).

I have a K2, a TS850s and a beta version K3. I more or less got used to 
the K2, but I complained a lot about it being too small for my age.

My experience with the K3 is that it does not feel smaller than the 
TS850s (a 'normal size' radio), although it is. The number and layout of 
the controls seems right for the size of the panel. I don't feel cramped 
using it.

I have an HRO-5 which is 19" or so wide. It wouldn't fit on my desk with 
the other stuff, like the computer and monitor that I didn't have in 1956.
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
K3 no. 00007 ('James', of course)
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco