[Elecraft] The K3 in comprison to the Big Guns

[Gary D Krause]

I got the VW thing.  My first car was a 1963 white VW bug just like the one in 
the Walt Disney movies.  It had 15 inch wheels, independent suspension on all 
four wheels, parts that could easily be replaced, air cooled engine and no 
radiator to mess around with, easy to tune, oil air filter, and it could 
float, although I never tried that. :-)  That's just to name a few things.  It 
survived a hail storm that left other cars looking like the surface of the 
moon.  It was a fantastic car, very simple and a masterpiece of German 
engineering.  Of course, that's my opinion.  I think the point was that 
Elecraft owners are as passionate about their K1's, K2's and K3's as some of 
us were about our VW's.  I'm also passionate about my K2 which I built myself 
and I have a K3 on order.

I can't understand why anyone would want to pay $10k to $14k for a rig.  But, 
we all buy for different reasons.

Gary, N7HTS


On Tue, 20 May 2008 19:54:37 -0400
  David Wilburn <dave.wilburn at verizon.net> wrote:
> I find it a bit entertaining that the 7800, 10k$ rig, ended up next to the 
>'build it yourself' K2.  I was under the impression that the 6k$ 7700 used 
>the same receiver, and thus performance wise, placed it next to the K2.  Then 
>I consider that the K2 has been around since the late 90's, and I just end up 
>with a pretty good chuckle.
> 
> But as stated, the K2, and K3 do not compete with the fancy displays and 
>such.  It will be interesting to see if Elecraft does a display on their own, 
>or if they rely on the LP-PAN.
> 
> I was chuckling at the analogies to cars earlier in one of the threads.  I 
>didn't get the VW thing either.  I could see it for the K2.  I like to think 
>of plane's.  I did not have a chance to finish my pilot's license, but one 
>friend that was working on his license the same time I did, and I would chat 
>over a beer.  He always wanted to fly fast, in something like a Lear Jet.  I 
>always wanted to fly upside down in something like a Pitts S2A.
> 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitts_Special>
> 
> Or as my wife will tell you, I never was, and am never likely to be 
>considered 'normal'.
> 
> I do enjoy my K3 though.  Think I will go see what is happening on 20m RTTY. 
> 73
> 
> 
> Dave Wilburn
> K4DGW
> K2/100 - S/N 5982
> K3/100 - S/N 766
>