[Elecraft] K3 eHam review after 2+ years

[Monty Shultes]

Howard,

Methinks you may be confusing concepts in your thinking.  Something may be 
complete and 100% functional and still be improved upon, may it not?  Users 
will dream of new features and improvements to existing features.

As a software engineer that idea surely is not foreign to you.  The only 
thing Elecraft has not done is low-ball the initial price to "hook" us and 
then charge exhorbitantly for the new features/ updates - a rampant software 
practice.

That some of the improvements to the K3 may involve opening it up and 
applying a soldering iron makes the K3 more appealing to some of us - I 
understand, not to you.  Those who wish can send their K3s back to Elecraft 
for the updates.

In this realm anything finished is dead.  It means no further 
improvements/capabilities can be added.  Who else would want that radio?

Monty  K2DLJ K3 s/n 699

> But alas - I don't feel the radio is finished - hardware wise.
> Icom, Flex, Elecraft - they all have downloadable firmware/software -
> I'm not afraid of new software releases.
> Hardware mods - yep - I don't want to deal with them.
>
> And I only brought it up because the first poster showed us his eham 
> review,
> which seemed to be stating that the K3 is done/perfected/100%.
>