[Elecraft] TS-990

[Wes (N7WS)]

The nonsense part is the argument that a computer can fail and leave you without 
a radio and a K3 never fails so you always have a radio.  I wish that were the 
case but my K3 has failed before and my BC-342N after only sixty years of 
service has developed a B+ short.  On the other hand, except for replacing a 
noisy fan, I've never had a computer hardware failure.


On 3/10/2015 7:56 AM, Scott Manthe wrote:
> The difference, of course, is that a computer is not REQUIRED to use a K3. The 
> Flex will not function at all without the computer, so the comments about the 
> Flex being dependent on computer hardware are hardly "nonsense."
>
> 73,
> Scott, N9AA
>
>
> On 3/10/15 10:45 AM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
>> First a disclaimer:  I don't own a Flex radio (and it is a radio)  The 
>> closest I've come is using an LP Pan on the i-f output of a K3, which I do own.
>>
>> But this argument is simply nonsense.  If the radio breaks---they actually do 
>> you know---you're (note spelling) off the air too.
>>
>> And try as I might, I can't see Internet spots on my K3, nor can I use it to 
>> keep my banking records, write email, do antenna modeling, etc.  For this I 
>> still need a computer.  And believe it or not, that same computer is 
>> connected to my K3 and I would be lost without it.  I don't want to go back 
>> to my BC-342 and crystal-controlled 6L6, which some still think are the only 
>> "real" radios. Time marches on...try to keep up.
>>
>> Wes  N7WS
>>
>>
>
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