[Elecraft] Could you make a Element/vibration hardend VX3?

[Russell Conner]

Starting to be sorry I asked.

On May 4, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org> wrote:

> It isn't a delicate wallflower, but it is a  pretty expensive and complicated way to get 3W on 2m FM. And it isn't really designed for general-purpose 2m use. Will it have automatic repeater offsets on 2m? Maybe not.
> 
> With a dual-band mobile, you can use a high-gain 440 antenna. You'll also have at least 10X the power that the KX3 could produce.
> 
> A 2M mobile radio is under $200, and a basic dual-band mobile is under $400.
> 
> wunder
> K6WRU
> 
> On May 4, 2014, at 3:17 PM, rgconner <rgconner at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> You must not use CB, or maybe it is just where I live, but if you try and use
>> any channel on the CB the yahoos drown you out.
>> 
>> REmeber, any yahoo can use CB, but a HAM operator has to pass a test. That
>> appears to weed out the yahoos.
>> 
>> I am amazed by all the things this radio does, and does well, but it is
>> apparently a delicate wallflower in everyones opinion.
>> 
>> Maybe it is, I am reluctant to shell out $1000 to prove it right or wrong. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
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