[Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?

[Kevin Kleinfelter]

Thanks for your thoughts Rick.

I'm looking to discover regrets before I drop $1300-$1500 on a recreational
purchase (i.e. a new toy).  I'm not looking to demonstrate that some radio
is better or worse than the KX3.  (I'd have to define a specific goal, in
order for better/worse to be meaningful.)

99.99% of the time, when I buy something non-trivial, I have *some*
regrets.  No matter what radio I buy, I expect to have some regrets.  I
expect to find some feature of another radio that I wish my radio has.
 What I'm looking to do is to flush out possible regrets before I buy.

Sometimes, I'm motivated by seeking 'satisfiers'; sometimes, I'm motivated
by avoiding disappointments.  For big expenses, it's those big
disappointments that I fear.

I do not expect that any *real* radio will have zero haters.  Some new
radio that's about to come out may have zero -- until it comes out.  I
don't plan to not-buy a radio (or any other product) because one (or two or
twenty) people hate it. I do want to understand the things they
passionately dislike about it.

The point that almost all of the people who stay on this list will be
Elecraft fans is well taken, and I will make an effort to search for KX3 on
lists focused on other manufacturers products.

I agree that one of the things Elecraft has going for it is its real (not
just marketing speak) commitment to customer satisfaction.  Wayne
demonstrated that again in this very thread!

Whatever I buy will be my first radio and it will have to be my last, until
my 8 year-old completes college.  I can find plenty of positives about the
KX3, and, if I buy one, they will be pleasing.  I'll have to live with any
regrets for a long time, so I want to understand them before I commit.

Thanks again for your thoughts, and thanks to the others who have shared
theirs!
Kevin
KK4KIK

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 8:16 PM, <elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 19:30:34 +0000
> From: Rick Stealey <rstealey at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?
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> Since I saw the original post I've been thinking........
> IF (a big IF) you managed to locate ONE OWNER who fit your criteria and he
> responded to you,
> what are you going to do, trust his judgement or opinion of the other ONE
> or TWO THOUSAND
> on the other side of the fence? !!
>
> The KX3 was designed by Wayne Burdick.  He is on here every day, reading,
> listening
> to his customers and responding, making them happy.  If you don't get a
> KX3 what are
> you going to get, an FT-817?  Who designed your 817?  How do you contact
> HIM if
> you have a question or a concern?    Where do the factory design teams for
> the FT5000 or
> the TS990 hang out?  Could you pass along the reflector name or the web
> site?
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> Rick  K2XT
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