[Elecraft] Newbie Questions for K3...subreceiver module

[Andrew Faber]

Phil,
 It's no big deal to add the subrx later.  Don't make a decision based on 
that as an issue.
  73, andy, ae6y
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Hystad" <k7peh at comcast.net>
To: "Dave, W8OV" <w8ov at verizon.net>
Cc: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Newbie Questions for K3...subreceiver module


> Dave,
>
> Thanks for your comments and I do agree with the notion that given that 
> the K3 is so modular that "...you can always add it later"  -- albeit, 
> with a but and a however...
>
> But and However -- I hear that there is an extra degree of complexity and 
> rework to put in the sub-receiver later so if I think I might want it 
> later then it behooves me to get it up front.  Now, I am still on the 
> fence, it may come down to the cost of the whole configuration.
>
> phil
>
> On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Dave, W8OV wrote:
>
>> Phil Hystad wrote:
>>> Gang,
>>> Thanks for all the great e-mails and answers to my first round of K3 
>>> questions.  Lots of good information and advice.  I do have a few more 
>>> questions but I will limit these of one question at a time.
>>> Several people have advised to get the sub-receiver option.  Now, this 
>>> really puts me on the fence as I have a sub-receiver in my Icom Pro III 
>>> and I almost never use it.  Actually, I have never used it in an actual 
>>> QSO, I have merely played with it from time to time.
>>> So, my first question is, "Why do I want a sub-receiver?"...
>>> Maybe a little about my background helps.  I got into ham radio as a 
>>> novice (WN7ECQ) back in the mid-1960s.  Ham radio was very rudimentary 
>>> back then with CW mode only, a transmitter and a few crystals, but a 
>>> very good receiver (Hammarlund, HQ-170AC).  Then, after the Novice 
>>> one-year license expired I let the hobby go silent for 38 years.  I was 
>>> relicensed and back on the air in February/March 2004 with a used Icom 
>>> 756 transceiver.
>>> But, my operating style reflects a lot of my Novice experience rooted in 
>>> the technology and practices of the 1960s.  Mostly CW, some SSB for some 
>>> of the evening nets and other stuff when the band is hot and a 
>>> periodically scheduled SSB QSO with some of my ham friends from back in 
>>> those 1960 days.  Not much of a contester but I very much like the 
>>> technology aspect, experimentation, SDR, and so on.  And, I am always 
>>> looking to do new things that capture my interest.
>>> So, I may be missing out on a huge corner of this hobby by not even 
>>> knowing how someone makes use of a sub-receiver.  Thus, my question.
>>> 73,
>>> phil, K7PEH
>>
>> Phil,
>>
>> My operating sounds somewhat like yours.  Mostly casual ragchewing, 
>> piddling around in contests, but not seriously.  I had a subreceiver in 
>> my previous transceiver, but decided to save the money when I ordered the 
>> K3.  I don't miss it at all.  I am able to work split without it on the 
>> few occasions I need it.  The beauty of the modular system is that if you 
>> decide you need it, you can always add it later.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dave, W8OV
>
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