[Elecraft] Is there a good reason to buy a K3S instead of a used K3 ?

[Jim Wilkie]

Lets face it guys, a K3 is a K3s it just doesn't know it yet !!

Jim WY4R

On 7/28/2015 12:10 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
> Re "If I had a K3 and a K3S side by side with the same antenna, 
> properly adjusted and tuned, could I hear a difference in signal 
> quality, noise....etc.. ?": Likely a question that Wayne, Eric or 
> someone else at Elecraft alone can address. Few users have had a 
> chance to listen to both rigs :-)
>
> 73, Phil W7OX
>
> On 7/28/15 8:48 AM, ae4pb at carolinaheli.com wrote:
>> Good points all around so far.
>> My goal is DXCC/WAS then work DXCC for each band/mode. I aspire to 
>> primarily do CW but am currently re-learning the code with the goal 
>> to be armchair copy over 20wpm (we'll see how that goes).
>> The opportunities I have are limited antennas currently and we may 
>> yet move in the next 1-5 years. Currently running a buckmaster 7 band 
>> OCF 300w version directed towards EU. The short term plan is to 
>> construct some better receiving antennas (vertical loop perhaps? Not 
>> enough room for proper beverages). Long term plan is a 
>> crankup/foldover tower with two or more elements on 40/20/15 as high 
>> as I can get it.
>>
>> At 50 my goal is to buy the last HF rig I'll need (hopefully).
>>
>> If I had a K3 and a K3S side by side with the same antenna, properly 
>> adjusted and tuned, could I hear a difference in signal quality, 
>> noise....etc.. ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
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