[Elecraft] Happy But Very Sad

[Paul VanOveren]

You read one bad review on Eham and make that kind of statement.." .Out in 
the real world the K3 has a bad rep for splatter and imd3 pro"     I have K3 
# 758,  now over 4 yrs old, and have run it at 100 watts (as recommended) 
barefoot, into a Alpha 76 PA @ 50 watts and now into a Elecraft KPA 500 with 
25-30 watts.  After more than 5500 qsos over the 4 yrs, ragchewing, chasing 
dx and contesting, I have had the following numbers of bad audio, 
splattering or key clicks reports,  0 , zero, nata, none, zlich.
      IMHO, to make a statement like that (without any documentation) is 
reckless and unwarranted. I have heard many reports from owners and others, 
about the FT5000 re: key clicks, splattering, etc, but certainly would not 
go on the Yeasu  reflector and spread such stuff around.

NF8J
Paul

-----Original Message----- 
From: Adrian
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 5:48 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Happy But Very Sad

K3 a superior transmitter in imd product results? Your kidding right?

http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,75182.0.html

Those of us with K3's running 15v PS with heavy cable inputs, driving clean
amps escape the wrath of the imd police.
The 5000 is way better esp in class A operation.



>A fully-loaded K3 is about $4900, and that assumes 8 pole filters in all
slots in both receivers. A fully loaded FT-5000 is $5600. The FT-5000
exceeds the K3's >receiver performance in one category, and trails the K3 in
every other RX performance category. The K3 also has a superior transmitter,
as evidenced by the >IMD numbers in ARRL test results and elsewhere.

>73,
>Scott, N9AA



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