[Elecraft] New Eham.net K3 review by QRPNEW

[Darwin, Keith]

-----Original Message-----
It occurred to me also that this anonymous review may have been posted
by a competitor...

73, Dick WC1M
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I'm more inclined to think it was posted by a competitor's "fan boy".  I
don't see TenTec doing anything like this, and I don't see why the Asian
companies would bother either.  No, I think it is someone who truly
doesn't like the K3.  Is the person a knowledgeable user or just someone
with a K3 chip on their shoulder, who knows.

There is some truth the criticisms but all the other stuff mixed in sure
makes the review at odds with my (most of our) experience with the rig.

Come to think of it, maybe my K3 really is a junky radio.  After all, it
doesn't weight enough and when I use it for CW late at night, I just
can't copy the code like I can in the day when I'm more awake.  Sending
CW with a bug is difficult and the rig produces horrible distorted audio
with AF maxed and the little volume control on my headphones turned
waaaay down.

Yea, junky rig.  I think I'll sell it and buy a Swan 350 to get that
nice warm tube sound.

- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -