[Elecraft] What made you decide on purchasing an Elecrafttransceiver?

[Bill Davis Jr]

   The reasons I initially selected the K3 to adorn my shack were:

    

    (1) A rig designed with no compromises for transverter use -- coded output for transverter selection and control
   
    (2) Performance and at "affordable" price!
 
    (3) IF output to drive my Softrock Panadapter when used with transverters

    (4) 10w version -- ideal for transverter use

    (5) Outstanding recommendations from other VHF/UHF K3 users 

    (6) American made and modular design allowing the best repair-ability of any rig on the market

    (7) Custom configuration at time of purchase and the ability to add hardware upgrades later

    (8) Compact size 

  AFTER SELECTION, reasons I'm even more sold

    (1) Beautiful interface with PowerSDR IF (ver 1.19.3.5) allowing point and click operation without compromise when desired. 

    (2) Factory Support   -- WOW

    (3) The desire of Wayne and crew to design software based upon the "NEEDs" of the user 

    (4) The  encouragement of us users to suggest and request features to be incorporated in future hardware and software

    (5) The darn Koolaid tastes SO GOOD

   Biggest problem:

    (1) How will I avoid purchasing a second one? I would love to RETURN to HF with this wonderful rig at 100w or better. 

          ( I would love to find a good external HF amplifier with ATU to use with the K3/10 160-6m. )

    THANKS ELECRAFT

  73  Bill  K0AWU EN37ed  --------