[Elecraft] K3S OR K3

[Don Wilhelm]

Jer,

DXpeditions use K3/Ss for several reasons.
One being the weight - shipping to far off places costs money.
Second, the transmit phase noise is less than other transceivers. That 
allows them to operate CW and SSB on the same bands using stations in 
close physical proximity to each other without interference is possible.

Experiences of many of you at Field Day sites with a variety of 
transceivers can give you examples of mutual interference between SSB 
and CW stations on the same band.  With the K3, those problems just do 
not exist.

Add to that the dynamic range of the K3 and the superb filtering 
provided by the roofing filters and the DSP filtering, and you should 
have your answer - the K3 performs well in crowded band conditions, and 
that includes picking a specific station out of a pileup.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/20/2015 4:13 PM, ae4pb at carolinaheli.com wrote:
> One other question I asked. Why do the majority of DXpeditions use Elecraft
> K3/S ? Lots of hardcore contesters?
> I'm not saying <brand X> isn't good. I'm just asking a question. It's not
> because the gear is cheaper. There are lots of cheaper rigs out there.
> Jer
>