[Elecraft] Need help to justify desired purchase :=)

[Scott]

Hi Paul,
As a new Ham I can not compare the K3 to the older radios as you 
requested.  I have never owned any of them.  I ordered the KBPF option 
and installed it during my K3 build.  I can say with certainty that I 
have received Shortwave broadcasts from EVERYWHERE.  Europe, Middle 
East, Australia, China, Taiwan, Japan and everywhere in between.  Clean 
signals and all on an 80M dipole in my back yard and not nearly as high 
up as I'd like it.

Hope that helps.

Scott
KF5MHS

On 2/24/2012 11:18 AM, Paul Clay wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Been thinking about getting a K3.  Have been an extremely pleased builder-ower of a K2-100 for several years now.  Listening to it now, and it is a real pleasure!
>
> To be honest, for HF hamming, the K2-100 (w/DSP module) is just fine for me.  The K3's addition of 6 meters, and more importantly for me, and ability to add 2 meters are a plus, but PROBABLY not enough alone to justify the hefty price of ownership.
>
> What's going to justify the purchase for me, nor not, is the ability to use the K3 as SWL tool. Knowing that a lots been written on the Reflector in the past on this subject, I'd really like to have some opinions from owners of the latest versions of the K3 on its performance receiving broadcast stations.  Specifically, I'm interested in the current state of the K3's receive audio bandwidth, distortion, and other similar performance characteristics, and in the performance of its Synchronous AM detection.
>
> One way of getting at this would be for me to know how the K3 would compare performance-wise (especially audio performance-wise) to some of the more popular SW receivers, e.g. the Drake R8 series, the Icom R-75, etc., or to other transceivers lauded for their receive audio performance (e.g., the old Kenwood TS-870).
>
> Thanks!
> Paul
> N6LQ
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