[Elecraft] K3 Silver tongued devil

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:15:21 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>[Elecraft] K3 Silver tongued devil
[snip]
>Orion owners today, three years later, seem satisfied.
>But oh, back in the day. So my expected three month
>wait for K3 went to 9 months. That's the roughest of
>the rough edges. I'm told I'll have a reliable unit
>out of the box.
[snip]

I am an Orion II owner for more than a year and although the rig is a step above
my FT-1000MP MK V (sold), I am not completely satisfied with the RX hiss,
Ineffective NB, No 6m capability, Poor auto notch performance, band scope that
doesn't update during XMT and is up to 1/4 second slow to update during RX and
last but not least an AGC that cannot be turned off (Off means 1000db per second
decay, not off, which means transverter noise figure adjustments are
impossible.).

I look forward to my Fully Optioned, Factory Assembled K3 in Feb. or March
(according to Lisa) and I am not worried in the least about any delays needed to
improve it's performance.

Keep up the good work, Elecraft!

Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq

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to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.

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