[Elecraft] I wonder how many folks have had buyers remorse on a K3/K3S purchase?

[Bill Breeden]

Absolutely no regrets here!

I have two friends and fellow hams that are often chasing the same DX 
stations that I am in split CW pileups.  One is three miles away and the 
other, with a super station, is about 10 miles away.  My primary radio 
before purchasing my first K3 in 2011 was an FT-1000. My friends 
signals, while outside of the pass band of the FT-1000's CW filter, 
would pound the FT-1000's AGC and make it difficult to copy the DX 
station we were chasing, especially on the low bands where we are all 
using omnidirectional antennas.  Before ordering my K3, I test drove an 
IC-7800 for 40 days and the effect on the AGC was diminished, but still 
quite noticeable when we were in a pileup together.  Now, with a 400 Hz 
filter in my K3, the only way I know we are in a pileup together is when 
I see them on the P3.  I like the K3 so much that I bought a second one 
for Field Day and other portable events so that I don't have to tear 
apart my home station every time I want to operate portable with a K3.

73,

Bill - NA5DX