[Elecraft] K3 & Competition

[Bob - W0GI]

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You joke about  catching up with the K2. The Kenwood TS830s is a 30 year old
radio that has  performance thats better  than  the K2 in many areas. It is
the case of the K2 catching up with the 30 year old TS830S!
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The TS-830S was/is a fine radio.  It is a prime example of the error of
adding general coverage to HF rigs. It was ham band only, and better then
80% of the current rigs.

Receiver performance has gone down hill, just to add general coverage and a
zillion buttons. Not the case with my old Ten-Tec Corsair or the Omni-V. I
had a Paragon for a while, and it was ok, but not up to the ham band only
rigs.

What Elecraft did with the K2, is design a Ham HF rig for top performance on
our bands. Single conversion like my old Corsair, that works very well.

I hesitated to sell the Corsair and the Omni-V, as they are first class CW
rigs, but the K3 is incredible. I don't miss them at all, other then for
sentimental reasons. I needed K3 money, and they got sold.

No matter what the future holds, we can thank Elecraft for putting a fire
under those Japanese butts. 

Some of us want performance. Where they still don't get it, is they will
continue to produce performance by price point.

If you want top performance, you will also pay for buttons, knobs, and HD
LCD screens, and pay top dollar.

Yes, they can design radios that perform, but they won't perform until you
pay $6000+.

I have had my new K3 online for 12 days. It now has an LP-Pan, HRD,
PowerSDR, and CW skimmer configured, and there is nothing for any price that
can perform better. Maybe an IC-7800 doesn't need all the interface boxes
and wires, but I like this setup, and it was 1/4 the price.

I am so impressed with this setup, that I doubt I will even think about a
new rig for a long, long time. I still like the Mark-V, but I have a feeling
that it may be gone soon, as I get used to the K2 ergonomics. But the Mark-V
is a good SWL radio. :>)

For now, I am finishing setup, and I am just going to work stations. A lot
of stations, with a big smile on my face.

73 - Bob

    
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