Dont worry about 1,000 more. If you really get into this hobby there many more 1,000 dollar decisions down the road. I have yet to see a Flex on a SOTA activation video 73 Don K4YND -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Flex-3000-or-KX3-tp7422850p7438420.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.