[Elecraft] K3 vs KX3

[Gary Smith]

Early this month I sent my K3 in for upgrades and updates, it is on 
its way back right now. I put the kit together in 08 and understand 
it is now modified to be up-to-date with the new off the shelf K3s. I 
won't mention the cost involved, only to say it was absolutely 
reasonable and that it is really amazing to find such dedication from 
a company to their product line.

I remember my first radio when I was a ham; it was a brand new 
TS-820S and it was nothing but trouble from the first week I had it. 
Kenwood would not stand behind their errors and found excuses for not 
covering the problems caused by myriad cold soldered joints. I even 
asked a Japanese friend to write to Trio-Kenwood directly for me to 
get help and was given the cold shoulder and they would not warranty 
it. That was 1979 and I have never bought anything Kenwood ever since 
and I never will again.

Elecraft on the other hand has been nothing but helpful and willing 
to go overboard to help me with any question and resolve any issue I 
have ever had. I will be a life-long customer of Elecraft because of 
this. I appreciate the quality of their equipment and I appreciate 
the dignity they give me as a customer.

Gary
KA1J 


> 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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