[Elecraft] K3 Strong signals

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IMHO I would throttle anyone entering my property running 100W...period

I have never found driving along in a *convoy* using ssb as enjoyable as 2M FM.

As a group (here locally) we travel to remote areas often and would not entertain using any HF band in a convoy situation.

We run multi-operations monthly on HF and 6M as well as high power VHF and UHF and experience NO issues by simply following the simple rule....Plan the operation ahead of time and give the details to all who are present.

We run Yaesu and Icom as well as the K3 and again, none of the overloaded front end issues have been occurring to date simply by following some basic principles of operating in this type of environment.

Why do we need further mods from the manufacturer in either FW or Hardware?

We are supposed to KNOW what we are doing and perhaps some people need to examine the way they use the equipment and learn a little more about what would be "best practice" when operating.

I am not having a dig at anyone here, just suggesting that I have not experienced the problem that started the debate, and I believe this is because I gave a lot of thought to what I wanted to do and made sure I was set up to achieve the result I wanted.

No mods has my vote because I fear the unseen changes that would develop into further changes that will have a lot of us unhappy. Sometimes it is better to allow the sleeping dog to have his rest....the alternative can be painful in more ways than one.

Soapbox vacated
Gary
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