[Elecraft] Elecraft newbie considering K3 vs KX3

[george fritkin]

Yesterday I had a personal demo at Elecraft by Paul, their P3 engineer of the P3 SVGA.  All I have to say is WOW!!!!  Why would anybody, with a K3, consider anything else.

George, W6GF

Love my 2 K3s and my KX3 S/N 0123



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 From: Gary K9GS <garyk9gs at wi.rr.com>
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft newbie considering K3 vs KX3
 
Hello Tom,

I went back and forth on this too....buy a P3 and SVGA adapter or an LP-Pan.

I finally decided to go the P3 route for several reasons:

1)  It's self contained and I don't have to tie up the shack computer 
running another application.  I already have two monitors on the shack 
PC and screen real estate is already an issue sometimes.  Putting LP-Pan 
into that mix just complicates things too much.

2)  The LP-Pan requires a high end sound card for maximum performance.  
I'd have to add the cost of that into the equation.

3)  My shack computer is more than adequate for ham radio purposes, 
logging program, telnet for packetcluster, etc.  If I went the LP-Pan 
route, however, I'd probably need to upgrade the computer. That's a big 
additional expense and headache just to use the LP-Pan.  If you throw 
digital modes into the mix, say for a RTTY contest, you're putting a lot 
of processing burden on one computer.

4)  Several friends have K3's and P3's and they rave about them....the 
integration with the K3 is flawless.

So, I plan on buying a P3, SVGA adapter and a big dedicated monitor in 
the near future.  In the end you have to decide and do what's best for 
your particular situation.


On 10/20/2012 11:10 AM, tom betka wrote:
> Right...good points. I ordered the module needed to support either the P3 or the LP-PAN, but I didn't make the final decision just yet. But still, the LP-PAN wouldn't be a bad way to go for less money, and then just add the monitor to another video card. The monitor would be needed for the P3 anyway, and I have an extra video card. So a guy might just try it with the LP-PAN at first, and then upgrade to the P3 later, if the spirit moves him...
> Thanks for the post.
> TB
>
>> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:17:17 -0700
>> From: kenst at roadrunner.com
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft newbie considering K3 vs KX3
>>
>> KF9QL wrote
>>> [...] so that I can use an LP-PAN and external monitor. [...] TB73, de
>>> KF9QL
>> One suggestion: you may want to consider the P3 (and if you really want the
>> big screen, include the P3SVGA) instead of the LP-PAN.  I assembled the
>> K3/100 and P3 combo a couple of weeks ago and all I can say is, "I was blind
>> and now I see."  The nice thing about the P3 is that it feels like an
>> extension of the K3 and vice versa.  Its not like the P3 controls are trying
>> to replace those on the K3 front panel, they merely augment them -- very
>> smooth and intuitive.
>>
>> I looked hard at the LP-PAN alternative and decided that I wanted to keep my
>> PC for logging and spotting -- not for controlling my radio.  I am very
>> pleased with my K3 - P3 setup!
>>
>> 73 ES GOD BLESS U ES URS DE KEN N4OI
>> K1, K3, P3
>>
>>
>>
>>
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73,

Gary K9GS

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