[Elecraft] Why K3's are on most DXpeditions

[Jim Brown]

On Thu,8/20/2015 1:58 PM, Richard W. Solomon wrote:
> Free doesn't hurt either !!

While Elecraft has made some nice donations/loans of gear, last I 
looked, ICOM gave more freebies than Elecraft. But the experienced 
DXpeditioners started turning them down because the K3s blew them out of 
the water for phase noise and cleanliness of TX signals. This has been 
true with several trips I'm aware of, and the guys brought their own K3s 
when they couldn't get support from Elecraft.

In addition to the performance advantages already noted, the RX in the 
K3 is far more bulletproof than in most other radios, and the K3s are 
both smaller and weigh less.

73, Jim K9YC