[Elecraft] K3 vs KX3

[Vic Rosenthal]

I'm coming late to this party (thread), but I want to object to the 
implication that the K3 must be reaching the end of development.

There are two ways to pay for development. Either you charge for 
enhancements to old products, or you come out with new ones. I once 
suggested to Wayne that he charge for new features after some point. The 
response singed my eyebrows!  This is /never/ going to happen.

So I am always surprised that Elecraft continues to improve the K3 -- 
more than just providing support for it -- despite the fact that it is 
an 'old' product. This is very different from what other manufacturers 
do. But it's understandable that most of the effort goes into new products.

Nevertheless I am looking forward to continued enhancement of the K3. 
There are certainly areas in which it can be improved, even though it 
already is one of the top performing amateur transceivers available at 
any price.

The KX3 is an impressive piece of engineering, but although nobody stops 
you from using it in a fixed station, it is best adapted to use as a 
field rig. Personally, I didn't buy one because I have an emotional 
attachment to my old K2 for that purpose!

On 1/21/2014 3:15 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> On 1/21/2014 3:00 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
>
>> So why the love fest with the KX3 and so little heard now about the
>> K3 on the reflector?
>
> The K3 is approaching maturity as a product, just as the K2 did.  S/N's
> are now in the high thousands, we'll probably see occasional FW
> releases, but it is a very stable product.  The KX3 [+accessories] is
> the new kid on the block, and thus gets most of the attention.  Elecraft
> will hopefully announce a new, different product [K<mumble>], at which
> point, you will be asking, "Why the love fest with the K<mumble> and so
> little heard now about the KX3."
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
> - www.cqp.org
>
>
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Vic