[Elecraft] 2M with K3 - anyone doing it?

[Radio Amateur N5GE]

On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:34:52 -0800 (PST), "Julian, G4ILO"
<julian.g4ilo at gmail.com> wrote:

Yes.

Both 2m and 70cm using the Elecraft XVTRS.  Both work very well.

Tom, N5GE

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>
>I believe the external transverters have slightly better NF than the internal
>one, which could be an additional advantage for the kind of things you seem
>to be interested in. If you can't build it yourself then I believe that the
>folks who advertise that they will build K2s for people will build other
>Elecraft kits as well.
>
>I think that the Elecraft transverter (or any decent trasnverter) in front
>of a K3 will give you a better receiver than the IC9100 will have.
>
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>Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392  K3 #222.
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