[Elecraft] K3 2nd RX Specification

[Phil G4UDU]

I have been reading all of the news since making my decision to purchase 
a K3.

There have been several occasions I thought I should have made comment 
about the delivery schedule but have decided enough was already being said.

But after the last posting about the delays on the second receiver, I 
need to ask a question


Did you notice the following :-

This is the latest news release about the sub receiver:-

/"When we release a product, it has to meet a number of criteria. Raw
performance by traditional measures is just one of these. Fortunately
the subreceiver has met our expectations in this regard, with dynamic
range *virtually identical* to that of the main."/

And this is the product specification from the web site :-

"In a first for the industry, the K3’s *identical main receiver and 
subreceiver* each feature a high-dynamic-range, down-conversion analog 
architecture."

So have Elecraft now down graded the sub receiver ? Virtually identical 
and identical are two different specifications.

I ordered (Dayton Hamvention ) a K3 to have two identical receivers - 
not to have a sub receiver that was " less than, but not equal to " the 
main receiver, if I wanted that I could have purchased one of the other 
twin receive transceivers and not waited for the K3

I do not think I am alone in thinking that anyone who has ordered the K3 
for DXpedition operating is going to want what was stated in the product 
specification, and I as someone who is keen to work the most difficult 
of DX certainly have been waiting for this feature to appear on a new 
compact transceiver. I thought I had ordered that feature - but now I am 
not so sure .............

It is bad enough having to endure the constant changing delivery 
schedule - please don't tell me the specifications are going into 
decline in the same way

Leaving the news release until 15 days before the scheduled delivery 
date it totally unprofessional, the problems should have been noticed 
weeks/months ago and a statement issued at the time.


Phil G4UDU