[Elecraft] K3 - More reasons I like Elecraft

[J.K. Hooper]

I really like the K3 Utility that runs on the Mac.    It works.   I don't have to mess around with a manufacturer's Window's based application to do firmware upgrades by running it under Parallels.    These recent rounds of much-appreciated firmware upgrades remind me how much I value the decision that Elecraft made to support the Mac version of the utility as well as other platforms. 

I like the K3-available USB/Serial cable with firmware … it works without my having to pull out my hair the way I did on my previous XCVR with my made-in-China cable.   Then again I don't have much more hair to pull out.    

The 58 beta that improves text decode works very well.   I'm new to the K3 and don't know what it was like with a previous firmware version.    I am working on learning CW, and the text decode feature brings another degree of enjoyment as I continue on my learning path.   

I like the serial number decision … to not camouflage serial numbers the way many manufacturers do but rather to use sequentially assigned serial numbers in the build order.    I am perfectly OK associating my Ham identity with my serial numbered K3.     

I had fun this past weekend casually participating in the Sweeps.   I worked some states and provinces that I had not worked previously because it was easier for me to hear the stations that were not in the sweet spot for my dipoles direction.   

Thanks, Elecraft ! 

73, 
Hoop
K9QJS 
K3  #6884