[Elecraft] K3 as successor

[David J Windisch]

I've been using (modified) FT-1000D's for long enough to become attached to 
them, because they perform well, don't eat much, don't break much in my 
habits of semi-serious contesting, DXing, and casual ragchewing.   They're 
getting long in the tooth, like me, however, so I've been reading up on 
replacement candidates.

Trying pileups on 80M and other bands with an ICOM candidate was 
disappointing.  The conditions are as follows:

DX at noise (you know, he's there, copiable at least part of the time, but 
any attenuation and he's not there) listening up 1.  Pileup:  REALLYBIGSIG1 
up 1 and REALLYBIGSIG2 up 2.  Result: artifacts all over the passband, 
again, you know, those bleeps, burbles, and stuff.

Back to the yaaaay zooooo to make the "Q".

Anybody tested the K3 in battle yet?

I'm all ears ;o)

TIA & 73,

Dave, N3HE