[Elecraft] Flex 3000 or KX3

[Mike WA8BXN]

Hi Steve, 
 
The Flex 3000 is really not a very good mobile rig due to the need for a
computer. Do you really need a high performance rig for mobile operation?
You may want to consider more what your requirements are, including how much
you will be going mobile. Do you want a spectrum display? Will you be doing
more CW or more voice operation? Will you be chasing DX, contesting, or rag
chewing? Thinking about the answers to these question may guide you in what
you want to get. 
 
For mobile operation, you may want to get a simple perhaps used second rig
at some time in the future. About the only timeI use my HF mobile is on day
long drives. Moving a rig (+ amplifier?) between a car and the shack every
day is going to not be a lot of fun after a while. 
 
$1000 for a 100 watt amplifier seems to me to be on the high side. 
 
73 - Mike WA8BXN 
 
 
 
 
-------Original Message------- 
 
From: Steve Hamon 
Date: 4/2/2012 9:00:54 PM 
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [Elecraft] Flex 3000 or KX3 
 
Hello--I am perplexed about the choice of which HF rig to get. I just 
Passed my General and am trying to put together my first "shack." I have 
Heard fantastic, rave reviews about the Flex and also about the KX3. My 
Only concerns about the KX3 is that after putting out about $1,500 for the 
Basic KX3 and Tuner and Filter added, I still will only have a 10 watt 
Unit. I want it to be my mobile and my base unit. Will I have to chuck 
Out another thousand bucks for the 100 watt amp? 
 
Thanks and 73s--Steve 
 
-- 
Steve Hamon