[Elecraft] K3 in the marketplace

[Vic K2VCO]

Charles Harpole wrote:
> Elecraft designers had K2-its....  thinking they were mostly evolving a 
> K2.... Big mistake as I said in an earler message.... The K3 has jumped 
> Elecraft into the areana of the ORION 2, FT-9000 and IC-7800 and great 
> specs are great, but the human factor... so often ignored by purist 
> engineers... is left out.

This is totally not true. *Your* idea of the human factor -- it should 
have a tuning knob like my HRO, or whatever -- is not satisfied by the 
K3. But to my mind it's quite reasonable in size, has a reasonable 
number of knobs of a reasonable size, and is easy to learn to use.

Actually, I think it's correct to say that from an engineering 
standpoint 'human factors' had as much or more attention paid to them 
than raw performance.

I've used the IC7800 and I've used the K3 and the K3 is easier to use. 
No, it doesn't have as many knobs. So what?
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco