[Elecraft] David Cole...756ProIII vs K3

[Tom Fitzgerald]

> "Can anyone point me at some resources to better understand why I want a
> K3, as opposed to keeping my Icom 756 Pro III?"

My advice...keep the ProIII & buy a K3 too...that's what I did. When the K3 first came out, there was a waiting list to get one. I'm not one to wait on much of anything I want to buy and so I bought a ProIII instead. I love my ProIII and decided it was probably the smart move reasoning that the K3 would likely have several (or more) "issues" & changes as time went by. The ProIII was fairly well refined by that point in time & it turned out that I was correct about the K3. I may get some static for this but I think both radios are pretty close in performance...at least as judged by my "human" ear. I filled all the slots in the K3 with the various 8 pole Inrad filters too. I like both radios just fine and would have very much regretted selling my ProIII. My K3 is a mid 3K serial number which I spent about $3K on and that was well before the price increases. The ProIII has been discontinued (obviously) by Icom now but...back in the day...I think you got more bang for your buck with the Icom. Again, my 2cents...don't sell it, you WILL regret it. Sorry about the SUPER late reply to your original post...I get so much "stuff" in my inbox that it's taken me this long to catch up! 

Tom, KD0BCF

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