[Elecraft] 756ProIII vs K3

[Slava Baytalskiy]

You know, the interesting thing about Elecraft and the K3 in particular is that one can form an opinion of it's superiority ONLY after using it it for a little while.
I don't think it can be done by just looking at it.
In fact, by just looking at it for a few minutes one forms the exact opposite opinion.
When i built my K3 (SN 8086) - i had a bunch of ham buddies come and take a short look at it.
I could see it in their faces: this guy's an idiot for paying almost $4300 for THIS?!?!?!?
Only one of these guys actually sat down and drove it for a few minutes.
He then told everyone that it has to be the quietest and most adjustable receiver he'd ever seen.
And naturally people take it with a grain of salt because they'd already seen it and they couldn't possibly be wrong about it, right?

But i just smile and grin to myself anytime a conversation about my K3 surfaces.

i KNOW what i bought :-)
And that's all that matters.

Thanks, Elecraft.

P.S. BEfore i ordered my K3 - i made Wayne (or Eric) and Lisa promise me that K4 won't be announced any time soon :-)
So all this talk about it is premature at best. Sorry.

Slava B
W2RMS

On Apr 17, 2014, at 6:47 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> On 4/17/2014 12:32 AM, Gary Gregory wrote:
>> I just think the bar was raised dramatically when Elecraft released the K3.
> 
> That's exactly how I perceived it in 2008, and I still see it that way. My FT1000MPs went out the door as soon as the K3s showed up.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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