[Elecraft] New Eham.net K3 review by QRPNEW

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 08:00:41AM -0700, Jim  Garland wrote:
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>  
> > 
> > I see that a new review of the K3 has appeared on Eham.net which will no
> > doubt raise the hackles of the paid-up members of the Elecraft fan club,
> > and
> > cause nods of agreement from many others.
> > 
> > http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6673
> > 
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> > Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392  K3 #222.
> 
> I read the review, and while "QRPNEW" took a few unwarranted pot shots at
> the K3, I also thought he made some interesting and valid points. The gist
> of his comments is that the K3 can't quite decide whether it wants to be a
> small portable transceiver, or a full-sized full-featured base station
> transceiver, and in trying to be both it falls short in several respects.

Well said.

Another thing to consider is that a lot of the review is related to the 
use of the radio on SSB rather than CW.  Elecraft has never had the same 
overall high-end achievement for phone operation as it has had for CW 
operation.  A $700 used Kenwood TS-850 stands up pretty well against an
Elecraft K3 in a phone contest.

-- 
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker at kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/