[Elecraft] [K3] decisions, decisions

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

As to including the ATU in an initial K3 order, think Field Day.  The K3 is
becoming a premier and most wanted FD rig because of its excellent immunity
to nearby rigs (within reason), excellent portability, and
contest-worthiness.  Having the ATU means you can go multiband on antennas
because you can tune them up with the ATU.

We did this with last year's N4A NC Core Banks DXpedition class IOTA entry.
 Field day on the beach, but working the world.  When there is nothing but
guyed push-up poles available to support antennas, and you had to drag
everything out with you on the ferry, then efficient tuning of non-resonant
multiband antennas is important.

73, Guy.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Mike <nf4l at nf4l.com> wrote:

> Whatever choice(s) you make on your initial purchase will get you some
> fantastic
> gear, and you don't have to regret any of those choices, because later you
> can always
> change them. And that's the greatest choice the K3 gives us
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 73, Mike NF4L
>
> On 3/13/2011 5:44 AM, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
> > Finally having enough money to get a K3, but not enough to get all the
> > options I'd like to have from the start, I need to decide what to get.
> > I've read many comments on this mailing list that suggest not to do away
> > with the ATU, for a variety of reasons, so I'll get that.
> > I would like to know how important is the PR6, I like 6m and it's the
> > only band for which I have a decent antenna (a 5el yagi).
> > My activity is a mix of dx chasing, some contesting without
> > sweating it too much and the occasional random qso. Mostly cw/digimodes
> > lately due to small kid and screaming into a microphone not mixing well
> :-)
> > So I would also like to know how important is to get one extra roofing
> > filter (maybe a 500Hz one) from the beginning, or if I can do without
> > that for the next few months until I can spare some more money for the
> > hobby and get a round of upgrades.
> > I'm also considering going for the k3/10 and get the filters/preamp
> > instead of the k3/100 without the options, if it would give me better
> > results.
> >
> > I'll appreciate your suggestions
> >
> > Pf, ik5pvx
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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