[Elecraft] The K3 in comprison to the Big Guns

[Don Wilhelm]

Shane,

One could say "Its all in the advertising" - or "its all smoke and mirrors".
Just take a look at Rob Sherwood's reports and you will see which is the 
better performer (regardless of pricing) - the K3 is at the top of the list.

The K3 does not include a built-in power supply, and that may account 
for a bit of the weight difference (but not all).

I believe the real answer is that the Elecraft K3 offers a top 
performance transceiver at a fair price, and the glitz that is added 
with bandscopes and other such built-ins on the competitive transceivers 
are options (or future options) for the K3 - with the K3, you can pay 
only for what you need rather than a lot of glitz and glamor (those 
glossy brochures cost money that must be recovered in the product cost).

73,
Don W3FPR

Shane White wrote:
> That's it, I'm going to ask the silly question.
>
> How can the K3's receiver outperform that of the Icom IC-7800 and Yaesu
> FTDX9000? These two radios cost in excess of $11,000 and weigh in at over
> 25Kg (55lbs)! The K3 costs about $2000 and weighs about 4Kg (8.5lbs). Yes
> the K3 is deficient of a screen, internal PSU and some knobs but why on
> earth is there such a difference in price and weight? Given this, how can
> the K3's receiver outperform these other radios?
>
> These questions keep bugging me. Those glossy Yaesu and Icom brochures
> certainly don't help!
>   
>