[Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?

[Bill W4ZV]

Harry White wrote
> 
> 
> To answer your last question, there is no XYZ radio that I wish I had
> bought. Nothing has the capabilities/specifications of the KX3 at the
> present time. It's the KX3 or a giant step back to the FT-817ND.
> 
> So there you have it Kevin. I own a $1400 paperweight that may someday be
> transformed into a great radio. My advice to you is to wait a bit longer
> to
> see how the radio evolves.
> 

Waiting is actually very good advice for some folks.  Elecraft products
always offer cutting edge performance.  That's been true for the K2 and K3
as well as the KX3.  When first introduced, nearly all have some
hardware/firmware birthing issues.  If you're not willing to live with these
issues in return for the performance, you should definitely wait "a bit
longer".  "How much longer?" can be monitored by the frequency/severity of
hardware/firmware issues mentioned on this list.  The K3 is now a very
stable product...but it took a good year to reach that stage with several
significant mods (APF, AGC, etc) not being implemented until several years
after introduction.  Would I have wanted to wait?  Definitely not to get the
K3's unique diversity performance I needed.

If you NEED the KX3 performance now, rest assured that any birthing issues
will eventually be resolved and you will NOT need to upgrade to a completely
new model (a la IC-756, PRO, PRO2, PRO3, etc).  And BTW Icom and Yaesu
frequently advertise features which will NEVER be implemented (e.g. claiming
roofing filter bandwidths twice as narrow as they actually
were...IC7800/7700, FT2000/9000, etc).  Elecraft does not do that.

73,  Bill  W4ZV






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