[Elecraft] PRO II vs K2

[Doug Person]

Four times?? A K2 with enough options to make it comparable to an 
IC-756ProIII is $1861.00.  The current best price on the IC-756ProIII is 
2695.00 - that's not even twice, its only 30% more. Considering the the 
time invested in building one - the K2 is not even close to an 
economical radio. The 756ProIII represents one aspect of state of the 
art that is unmatched by anything else on the market of comparable 
price. Its receiver isn't going to perform like a K3 or even a K2. But 
it isn't a bad receiver either and ranks among the best for mainstream 
middle-priced transceivers. And when it comes to ergonomics, the ProIII 
wins hands down over anything I've used.

Gary D Krause wrote:
> Another thing that should be mentioned is that the Pro 3 is four times 
> the cost of a K2.  So, it stands to reason that it should do something 
> a little better than the K2, at least four times better.  Does it?
>
> If I were an owner of a high end transciever costing thousands of 
> dollars, I would be a little disappointed after seeing the figures 
> that have just been published on the K3.  Even the K2 is up there near 
> the top.  We can all spend thousands of dollars chasing technology and 
> it never ends.  There will always be something bigger and better.
>
> Gary, N7HTS
> K2 #6113
>
>
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:18:47 -0400
>  "Brett Gazdzinski" <Brett.Gazdzinski at verizon.net> wrote:
>> I would say the K2 is better than the pro2, not quite as good as the 
>> pro3.
>> The pro 3 was improved quite a bit, the noise reduction really works 
>> well,
>> as do the filters, its not as bothered by close in signals as the 
>> older units,
>> and its got less noise, but still quite a bit compared to the corsair 
>> I have.
>>
>> The functionality of the pro3 is VERY good, triple band stacking 
>> registers,
>> just push the 80 meter button three times and go through 3 different 
>> settings,
>> cw, ssb and am, the rig remembers all the settings, which antenna,
>> and tunes it, the filters, frequencies, etc, and it does that for 
>> every band.
>> Another thing I really like about the pro3 is tuning in an ssb qso, 
>> very often
>> the frequency is spot on, like within 1 cycle! I find that the other 
>> stations are also
>> right on frequency, no guesswork...
>>
>> Another thing I was surprised about was the auto notch.
>> It will follow a signal around and notch it out, and an ssb qso
>> is 100%, and does not even sound bad!
>> Does the K3 do that?
>>
>> AM reception is quite good, although the high end rolls off
>> early no matter what filter you use.
>> I never tried it on FM.
>> The K2 is ham band only, the pro series does general coverage and 6 
>> meters,
>> and gives 100 watts out on all bands and frequencies ,and does 160 
>> meters.
>> On CW, changing the pitch is turning a knob, it does everything, and 
>> is its own knob,
>> in the K2, changing the pitch requires redoing all the filters....
>>
>> With the band scope, the pro3 is a lot for the money.
>> It does have the usual 70mhz 1st IF problems, but much less then
>> the older ones, and the usual noise and poor audio output, but that is
>> also much better than the old ones.
>>
>> You cant build an Icom though....
>>
>> Brett
>> N2DTS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The pro 3 is now about $2500.00 new.
>>
>>
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