[Elecraft] Why K3's are on most DXpeditions

[Gary]

>From a more simplified position:

Portable operations with a K3 from early 2008, continuously through to today, the K3 has been the only transceiver in use.
Multiple wire antennas and a tri-band yagi on a trailer mounted tower is in my estimation are "hard life" and I would question what other transceiver could stand up to this type of rigor?
Bare in mind the K3 has not known what a nice comfy shack is, it does know what a motor home, a campsite and the great outdoors is and I could not question the Elecraft quality, reliability and suitability for this type of operation.
Now add the legendary, and I mean legendary, support and robust design, and I think most if not all agree that the K3 stands alone at the very top of the list of transceivers built for top performance, suitability, reliability and ease of operation.
I read about "Flagship" radios and I chuckle, none of them have survived what I term hard life conditions, been there, done that, and I have the Yaesu and Kenwood T-shirts to prove it but not their equipment, both failed in the first year and were moved on.
DXpeditions run for a few weeks, my K3 has run for 7 years and counting.
Way to go Eric and Wayne, you guys'  deserve every accolade that's out there.

Just my highly biased nickels worth.

73
Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: "John King" <wa1abi at cox.net>
Sent: ‎22/‎08/‎2015 1:29 PM
To: "Elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Why K3's are on most DXpeditions

Another data point from the all-K3 FD station W1LY (2A RI).  The 3 Yagi
antennas in the photo (link below) were all on the 20m band simultaneously
for at least 4 hours at the beginning of FD. 1 station was on 20 CW, and 2
stations were on 20 SSB. All running 100 Watts. Another K3 was used in the
VHF station, and 2 other K3's were on standby as spares. Picture here:
http://w1sye.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FD-2015-Panorama-Resized.jpg

  

73,

  John WA1ABI

  

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