[Elecraft] 6M Preamp

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Well, difficult for me to tell, since I don't have a great 6m ant.,  
but I think about par with 857 - a good many people on here have said  
is quiet deaf.
I have the KXV3 since I also have the XV144 - which I'll get around to  
building sometime!
-- 
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it  
takes in.  -- Leonardo da Vinci

On 23 Oct 2008, at 13:05, Julian, G4ILO wrote:

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> David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
>>
>> Well, I 'may' not be QRV on 6M until then - depends when the PR6
>> ships :-)
>>
>> Thanks for the insight Geoff - I don't have a brilliant Ant for 6
>> here, so hoping the pre-amp will help  me hear better.
>> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
>>
> Well, given the current economic climate, at $250 (KXV3 + preamp) plus
> shipping to get performance that the stock K3 ought to have been  
> capable of
> anyway, I think I'll pass on this.
>
> I can always use the FT-817. Just how deaf is the K3 on 6m really,  
> anyway?