[Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?

[Robert G. Strickland]

Nate...

I agree with your observation about the panadapter. I went with the LP Pan option 
[for reasons having nothing to do with the P3], and I can't stop looking at it. I 
think it's a real weapon in a contest, especially in the S&P mode. There's no tuning 
and wonder what's around the next knob twist. Just watch the screen and go to the 
next one. Love it! And, for running, it's easy to pick out a reasonably clear 
frequency immediately without having to search around. For DXing in a pileup, seeing 
where the holes in the wall are is very useful. When the KAT500 arrives, it'll be all 
Elecraft here, something I never dreamed would happen back in my teens with my 
Heathkit DX20 and Hammerlund 100. There are some benefits to growing old <g>.

...robert

On 12/6/2012 01:42, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> I will second your motion.
>
> My K3 is a solid performer after a bit over two years of near daily use
> including phone and CW along with a smattering of digital modes.  I have
> yet to add the sub receiver since adding the P3 a bit over a year ago.
> Having the visual element just hasn't gotten old.
>
> This past weekend I operated as one of the Union Pacific Railroad 150th
> anniversary special event operation stations.  Most of the afternoon on
> 20m phone I was using a CM500 headset, which drives the K3 very easily,
> and the ALS600 amplifier.  I received many unsolicited reports of good
> to excellent audio.  I figure that any combination that makes me sound
> good is a winner in my book.  Also, using the K3's VOX is a pleasure,
> especially with the noise gate enabled.
>
> With the 2.1 kHz filter in slot 2 once I use the high cut to take out a
> group that is 2 kHz below our 75m section nets in the morning, I simply
> don't hear them and yet the audio fidelity of our net is still very good
> from my speakers.
>
> Perhaps it is my use of the receive equalization to roll off everything
> above 3 kHz as much as I can and my use of the RF Gain control that I
> have no fatigue at all listening to my K3.  My backside gets tired of
> the chair long before anything else!
>
> Would I buy it again?  Absolutely, without hesitation.
>
> 73, de Nate, N0NB >>
>

-- 
Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY
rcrgs at verizon.net
Syracuse, New York, USA