[Elecraft] I thought Elecraft was a household name!

[Fred Smith]

Tony

Add another MVDX/CC SW MO Chapter to your K3 count as of last week. I have a
K2 and have a FTDX-5000MP for well over 2 1/2 yrs all now including the K3
will all have a  place on my operating desk for sure. If there KX3 ever
catches up with back orders I may very consider one of those also.

Fred/N0AZZ



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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tony Estep
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 2:12 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I thought Elecraft was a household name!

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Jim Lowman <jmlowman at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> ...I can understand how other OTs who are not interested in low-power 
> operations may never have heard...

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Yeah, I'd say that's right. I belong to a DX club (www.mvdxcc.org) whose
membership includes 29 guys on the Honor Roll (over 330 countries
confirmed). Many if not most of those guys have the same FT1000D that they
got 20 years ago. When the ARRL's reviews began to emphasize dynamic range
and the little kit-built K2 showed up ahead of most of the standard DX
radios of the day, Elecraft suddenly appeared on the radar of some DXers.
But of course many held out for a dual-receiver radio.

The arrival of the K3 brought a burst of interest in our club; there are now
maybe a half-dozen members who have K3s. Some of those guys will never get
another radio in their lives, but among those who do, I would say that the
K3 is the first choice, even ahead of the FT5000DX. The members who have K3s
miss no opportunity to tout its excellent performance, easy portability,
great service and generally fine user experience. But it's a slow process to
win over the old-timers!

Tony KT0NY






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