[Elecraft] [K3] K3: Thinking return to K3.

[Al Lorona]

> ...the FT-5000 will make a much better "boat anchor" than the K3...
> Dick  K8ZTT

That's a really good point, Dick. I heard once-- don't know how true this is-- that while steel is plentiful in Japan aluminum is not and is too expensive to use in a radio chassis. Hence, most Japanese radios are made out of steel. This makes them way heavier but a nice side effect is that the magnetic shielding of steel is much better than aluminum, so Japanese radios aren't so susceptible to low frequency magnetic fields like from a power supply transformer.

Most hams misinterpret the weight advantage of the typical Japanese radio to mean that there's more stuff inside. :^)

Give me a light radio any day over one that, like you say, needs a block&tackle to carry from floor to table.

Al  W6LX