[Elecraft] Flex 3000 or KX3

[Jack Berry]

Regardless of your budget, Steve, here's a formula that should apply pretty 
well. For every $100 you have to spend:
$90 on antenna(s)
$5 on radio
$5 on everything else.

We all make the same mistakes on our first shack. We buy the finest radio we can 
afford (or squeeze into our credit card) and make up the rest as we go along. We 
love shiny new radios with lots of lights.
We are just coming into a not-so-hot solar cycle, so you are seeing things about 
as good as they will be for the next eleven years. To enjoy ham radio in the 
lean signal years you will need all the antenna you can get. It's much easier to 
find deals on used radios along the way than it is to redo your antennas once 
they are  up - especially if you put up a tower.

If you do buy new you can't beat the Elecraft combo - design, support and this 
reflector, regardless of which model you buy.

73,

Jack - WE5ST




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From: Steve Hamon <smhamon at gmail.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Mon, April 2, 2012 7:52:31 PM
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."  

Thanks and 73s--Steve

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Steve Hamon
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