[Elecraft] Best add on for K3

[Jim Sheldon]

It is as Wayne said, many like me that chase DX AND contest besides general operating, find that, after using the 2nd receiver along with the P3, would be lost without them.  

Seriously, the K3 is the first transceiver I've owned that had an auxiliary receiver installed that was identical to the main one.  The only drawback in my setup is that I have to use the same antenna for both receivers and have to put up with a 3db reduction in signal strength due to the internal splitter. 

This can be a bit of a problem when trying to hear a weak DX station come back to you on the main while using the sub RX to find out just where he is listening in the pileups.  (Especially with all the "UP cops QRM'ing the frequency.)  Unlike some of the big gun stations, I don't have the real estate to put up a useful second antenna dedicated to the sub receiver, so I have to live with the 3db degradation of signal when it's on.  Small price to pay for the versatility.

Jim - W0EB

> Interesting recon. Of course many end up with both.
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> On May 23, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Dick Dievendorff <dieven at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I was in several conversations on this topic at Dayton discussing
>> how often owners found the P3 helpful vs the KRX3 second receiver
>> option. It ended up being some of each. Contesters tended to find
>> more frequent use for the P3, some DXers, having used a 2nd
>> receiver, never want to be without it again.
>>
>> Dick, K6KR