[Elecraft] K3 Must have upgrades

[Fred Jensen]

What kind of on-air operation are you interested in Dave?
--contesting?
--serious DX'ing?
--rag chew/casual QSO's?
--CW?
--SSB?
--Digital [incl RTTY]?
--Other modes?
--HF only? VHF/UHF with transverters?

Your current call appears to be fairly new, although many with newer 
calls have recently returned to the hobby after year(s) away.  Are you 
fairly new?

How much time do you expect to be on the air?

What are you running now?

What is your current and expected antenna configuration

See interspersed note

On 4/25/2015 1:32 PM, Becar Family wrote:

> I would like to order my first K# I am not understanding all the add in
> option for the K3.
>
> I would like the auto tuner, The dual VFO the 100 watts is a must.  I just
> attended a Elecraft workshop defiantly want the updated synthesizer.

Generally speaking the auto tuner is a good deal, it gives you some 
flexibility with antennas.  If however all of your antennas are resonant 
and under 1.2:1 SWR, you may not need it.  All K3's are dual-VFO.  You 
can RX/TX on either, or you can RX on A and TX on B.  I believe all K3's 
are now shipping with the updated synth as stock.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
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