[Elecraft] The Cost Of Amateur Radios

[Joe Moffatt]

Trust me, I have had 4 Flex's and until you get to the $4500 6500 series, the K3 crushes them under heavy band usage and close in adjacent signals.

I have worked many contests and weak signal DX in pileups with each, including a 6500 and I would choose the K3 every time for a variety of reasons.

That is strictly my opinion, but for what I enjoy, I think the K3 is the best bang for the buck out there.  My K3 isn't well loaded, but it does all I want until I get 2nd Rx or go so2r with another K3 which is likely.

The KX3 is also on my I will get someday list.

Joe


-------- Original message --------
From: Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com>
Date: 04/09/2015 7:28 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The Cost Of Amateur Radios

And you don't need to go for the K3 all at once.
Mine has one RX, no 2m capability (but probably
more xtal filters than I need). And the P3 is, for
me, a most vital accessory.

It replaced my K2/100 (#380) as my prime station
about a year ago, and I have NO regrets, Ken.

Phil W7OX (in the L.A. area)

On 4/9/15 3:33 PM, Ken Miller K6CTW wrote:
> Doing a costing (while day-dreaming) of the K3/100 with all of the options (P3, K144Xv, K144RFLK, KTCXO3, KAT-3, KRX3, KBPF3, PR6-10 and all 8-pole filters in both the main and 2nd Rx) the cost came to about $6500. For a moment that seemed like a lot of money.
>
> Then I considered the restoration of my Drake R4-A. The cost for that receiver was about $400, but that was 1966! In todays dollars that would be $3000! And that's just the receiver! Adding the T-4X (transmitter), AC-4 (separate transmitter power supply), MS-4 (speaker) and MN-4 (200 watt transmatch) and the total cost is well over that of the K3! Maybe I should also compare the cost to the Collins S-Line setup, but then my calculator would need extra digits ;-)
>
> Hmmmmm..... maybe the K3 is really a bargain after all!
>
> Just food for thought.
>
> 73 - Ken Miller, K6CTW
>
> K2 #455

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