[Elecraft] The Cost Of Amateur Radios

[Dan Baker]

I use a KX3 and Flex 6500.
I really enjoy them both. It does not have to be one way or the other.
And for my use, they work equally well. The real answer is, a man needs one
of each. I would like to have a K3 or what ever else Elecraft sends us. I
worked a guy last night on Olivia with 7 watts on the Flex, he was using a
FT-817 running 2 watts. It was a lot of fun for 45 minutes. Made me want to
run the KX3 in its place but I was already committed to the QSO, I did not
want to error switching rigs. I say this because it was not the hardware
that made it fun. It was a wire antenna, a mode and a good operator on the
other end. See you guys in Visalia next week.

73,    Dan KM6CQ

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