[Elecraft] The K3 in comprison to the Big Guns

[Gary D Krause]

It's the MOJO!!!

Gary, N7HTS
K2 with 15 watts of mojo power.


On Thu, 15 May 2008 21:06:15 -0700 (PDT)
  Shane White <shanewh at gmail.com> 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!
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