[Elecraft] To those that have the K2 and K3

[Stephen Prior]

Much the same experience here.  As much as I loved the K2 it hardly got
used.  Tough decision but I sold it and it's enjoying a new life in VK land
(I'm rather envious in fact!).

73 Stephen G4SJP
K3, KX-1


On 04/11/2009 22:27, "NZ0T" <NZ0T at cox.net> wrote:

> 
I built a K2/100 with every option except DSP and loved it.  I planned
> to
keep next to my K3 forever but I found that I was using the K2 less and
> less
and favoring the K3 so I finally sold it.  Wasn't easy as I had put so
> much
into building it and the K2 is a great rig but it just didn't make sense
> to
keep it if I wasn't using it.
73 Bill nz0t

Ross Primrose wrote:
> 
> Ted
> Roycraft wrote:
>> Gary,
>>
>> I have both also and pretty much agree with
> what has been said.  The 
>> only thing I can add is that the K2 has been
> capped and you can't expect 
>> much if anything in the way of new features
> from Elecraft while the K3 
>> is under active development and there seems to
> be something new every 
>> couple of days.
>>   
> It's even more difficult to
> choose if you don't currently have either 
> one. If you want a full-featured
> rig, the K2 is no bargain in comparison 
> to the K3. To equip a K2 so it's
> nearly equivalent to the base K3, it 
> comes in at only about $140 less than
> the K3. Like to work 6m? That's 
> another $400. Oops, now your K2 is $250
> more than a K3, and still 
> doesn't have as good a receiver, IF DSP,
> excellent digital mode 
> support... Want AM or FM support? Not there, or even
> available on the
> K2...
> 
> 73, Ross N4RP
> 
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