[Elecraft] The Cost Of Amateur Radios

[Tony Estep]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Joe Moffatt <joe at selectconnect.net> wrote:

For casual ssb use, I think the Flex is awesome....

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Yup. We tend to forget that there are many hams who come to HF from the
world of 2-meter repeaters, and/or who never chase DX or operate in
difficult conditions or dig for weak signals or work contests. For the
casual SSB rag-chewer, the Flex design is probably okay, and will
presumably be even better if/when they deliver the promised software
features. But its inherent configuration will never deliver the operating
experience that you get with a K3 or some other top-end conventional
radios. And a comparable Flex costs thousands of dollars more than a
fully-equipped K3.

Tony KT0NY