[Elecraft] Interesting Conversation about FT-5000 vs K3

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Gary Gregory <garyvk4fd at gmail.com> 於 2010年12月2日 上午9:08 寫道：

> Actually there are 8 K3's on Kermadec...so they told us.
> 
> Even have one set up as a 6M beacon.
> 
> Forgot to ask what amps they were using...oh well..:-)
> 
> 73's
> Gary
> 
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Jim Sheldon <w0eb at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> Yup,
>> I just worked ZL8X on 30 meters a while ago.  My IC-7000 (soon to be
>> replaced by a K3/P3 combo) could barely hear them off my Butternut HF2V
>> vertical, but once I got the split set to where they were listening, grabbed
>> 'em first call.  I know they have some K3's there and I'd almost bet dollars
>> to donuts that the op on the Kermadec end was running one.  I'd also bet
>> that if I had a K3 in place of that little IC-7000, I wouldn't have had any
>> trouble hearing them at all.
>> 
>> Jim - W0EB
>> 
>>> Isn't it amazing the subjects that come up when someone's favorite
>>> non-Elecraft radio company is getting it's butt kicked in the
>>> contest wars.  That "more K3 than anything else combined" at the
>>> WRTC really rankled some nerves.  I don't think I have ever heard
>>> "will the company still be here in 10 years" used before in a
>>> discussion about what radio to buy.  They are really getting
>>> desperate.
>>> 
>>> 73, Guy.
>> 
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