[Elecraft] K3 - Poised to place my order

[Jim Lowman]

Agreed, David.

I'm one of the many who are anxiously awaiting the KX3 that I ordered a 
few days
after orders were being accepted.

In the meantime, I decided to order a K3 as well.  Per the Elecraft 
order status page,
K3 kits ship 1-3 business days after the order is received.  This will 
give me something
to play with in the meantime.

I'm also interested in the advantages of the 2.8 filter over the 2.7, 
other than the
former is a 5-pole filter and the latter is an 8-pole filter.  The CW 
filters that I'm
ordering (250 and 400) all will be the 8-pole variety.

Since I didn't put the paddle and mic on the initial order for the KX3, 
I was curious
if I could order them now, along with the K3.  Lisa provided the answer 
almost
immediately:  yes on the mic and no on the paddle.

73 de Jim - AD6CW



On 4/4/2012 5:29 PM, david Moes wrote:
> The most painful part of ordering a new toy is the wait for it to arrive
> after the order is placed.
>
> Its ordered   just the K3, KPA100 and KAT3  for now.
>
>
>> Im Ordering in kit form a pretty basic rig to start with then adding
>> later as funds allow.    Just K3-100 KAT3 and perhaps one filter for CW
>> to start.
>> I need it running before Field Day  as I doubt my current rig that's
>> well used, aged and starting to show problems,  will survive another
>> trip to the bigtop in the park.
>>
>>     I am wondering how long after the order does it typically take for K3
>> kit orders to ship?       second  outside of my growing enjoyment in
>> contesting and DX  I do so some rag chew and  take the net control
>> chair,  is the 2.8 8-pole filter going to offer much difference in the
>> audio on both RX and TX?      In other words what advantages does the
>> 2.8 offer over the 2.7
>>
>>