[Elecraft] Introduction

[Marc Veeneman]

Having been out of Ham Radio for 40 years, I studied the current forums and purchased an Eagle, a TS-590S, a KX3, and a K3.  

Note that I'm a CW fan and rarely use voice modes.  I wanted the Eagle because of my fondness for the Triton II way back when.  My thought was that TenTec must have made an even better rig after all these decades.

Then I used each transceiver for CW rag chewing as well as DX pileups.

The Eagle and the K3 aren't in the same class of transceiver and I was delighted to swap the Eagle for a second KX3.  I would have felt guilty about the trade but the other ham wanted to rewire the Eagle for some experimenting.  Had it just been for CW use, my conscience would have prevented the swap.

What I'm trying to say is that your Eagle will soon become the backup to your new K3.  

And I won't be swapping away the KX3(s) or TS-590S either.
-- 
Marc W8SDG

> On May 12, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Ken Bandy, KJ9B <kj9b at arrl.net> wrote:
>  I am thinking of adding the K3 to have redundancy and
> keep the shack (at least the HF part) "all American".  Any thoughts from
> users that have compared the K3 to the Eagle?