[Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?

[Kevin Kleinfelter]

The K3 is certainly appealing.  However, having tinkered with an SDR
receiver, I've become attached to a 'waterfall' display, and I can't
imagine searching for signals by ear. <grin> That $20 Softrock kit was
enough to push my 'gotta-have' feature list up by much more than $20.  The
first time I saw a waterfall display, with 5 signals that were obviously
CW, and I could tell which ones were sending fast/slow, I was hooked.

At $1600 for the 10W K3, plus $700 for the P3, plus $300 or so for power
supply, microphone, keyer,  $2600 is way past what I can spend.

I saw one of your postings from about 18 month ago, where you said you
thought that knobless SDRs were a dead end.  I think I've come to the same
conclusion from a different direction -- I want a *complete* radio that
also has SDR capabilities.  The KX3 doesn't have a lot of competition in
this regard.

Kevin
KK4KIK

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Tony Estep <esteptony at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Kevin Kleinfelter <kevin at kleinfelter.com>wrote:
>
>> ...Whatever I buy will be my first radio and it will have to be my last...
>
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> Then go straight to the top, Kevin, and get a K3. It is the best ham
> transceiver available and will be for some time, so you can be sure of
> having no regrets. Moreover, you can get the basic 10w version with one
> receiver and then add goodies as you go, a feature that is not available
> with alternatives. The KX3 is a terrific radio and I love mine; I have
> experienced none of the objections mentioned in a previous post, and I'd
> note that most of them are either esthetic preferences or can be cured by
> proper adjustment, construction, and/or operation. However, any radio
> designed for portability and low current drain has compromises. The K3 is
> an all-out performance radio -- and it's still highly portable and features
> pretty low current drain. Get a K3, and don't worry, be happy.
>
> Tony KT0NY
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