[Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig...?

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

I take your point, and the K3 does appear to have redefined the 
cost/performance expectations. I was thinking along the lines that in this 
part of Europe, those of us who attempt to work SSB DX among the monster BC 
signals on 40m do need a receiver that does not collapse when hit by BC 
signals that reach S9 +80db at times, and the Holy Grail receiver has met 
that expectation and set a standard. I failed to say that its noise figure 
on 40m is roughly 7db.

Good old days?

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darwin, Keith" <Keith.Darwin at goodrich.com>
To: "Elecraft Discussion List" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:13 PM
Subject: Re


> Yes, but this isn't about the best performing rig.  The KWM-2 certainly
> had limits and deficiencies (cost being one of them), yet it left a mark
> on ham radio that continues to this day.
>
> I'm suggesting that the K3 is in a similar class, not that it is
> redefining the form of rigs, but is redefining the cost / performance
> expectations.  We now have a US-built choice that gives performance that
> is ahead of it's cost.
>
> It probably won't have the overall impact of the KWM2, but I'm thinking
> that I got a lot more radio for a much better price than any KWM (or
> s-line, c-line, 530s, 830s, etc.) owner did.
>
> Indeed, these are the good old days!
>
> 73!
>
> - Keith N1AS -
> - K3 711 -