[Elecraft] Flex 3000 or KX3--budgets

[Ariel Jacala]

My input and 2 cents worth as a new general is to operate 2m mobile and save the hf rig for the shack where you can dedicate serious antenna which is at least a full size dipole for 80m that is also a multibander like a G5RV. Hard to get that kind of efficiency on a mobile antenna. I got the first half of my worked all states with a used kenwood tube hybrid rig on phone and got the rest with a k2 and proceeded to get my 2nd WAS on CW with it. The k2 can go mobile but would prefer an ft897 since it has 2m capability.  I was a General not to long ago in 2010 and happy with my k2 just getting me 114 DX towards DXCC. I would put my money in efficient antennas and a rig wid sensitive ears like a k2 and learn code.

This email was keyed in with morse keyer app in an iPhone instead of a keyboard.

Gud luck

Ariel NY4G


Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 2, 2012, at 11:02 PM, "Richard" <rehill at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> So, a new General, $500 to get started:
> 
> spend    $450 on antennas
>              $ 25 on a radio, and
>              $ 25 on a used key or mic (OK, key)
> 
> Seems it might be better for a beginner to go:
> 
>             $450 on a used radio with tuner (K1?)
>             $  25 on wire
>             $  25 on twin lead
> Get on the air and make contacts, get experience, learn code.  Save for 
> a better radio, better antenna, books, good key, amp, better QTH, 2nd 
> wife....
> 
> If one buys a $1500 radio, then the formula allows $1500 for accessories 
> and requires $27,000 for the antenna.  Rational if you have $30,000, and 
> perhaps a goal for a marginally competitive station.
> <Grin>
> 
> Rich
> NU6T
> 
> On 4/2/2012 7:03 PM, Jack Berry wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> 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
>> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html