[Elecraft] K3S

[Wes (N7WS)]

I just cancelled my order for the upgraded synthesizer for my present K3 and 
ordered a K3s instead.:-)

Since the government demands that I take money out of my IRAs so they can 
confiscate 30% of it to buy Obamaphones, I might as well blow the rest of it on 
radios.  Depreciating it to zero, my current K3 cost me about $27 a month over 
the time I've owned it. Depending on how long I live, the monthly cost of the 
new one will likely be higher, but then buying all of those Obamaphones has 
deflated the value of our money anyway.  Might as well spend it while it has a 
little value left.

Wes N7WS

On 5/14/2015 12:04 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote:
> Looks good to me!
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> The real benefit of most of the included upgrades is that they are either already in my K3 (2xKSYNA) or they will be available for upgrade later on.  I don’t really have an issue with K3 audio, or knobs, or …
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> Seems to me that an important question is the impact on overall performance of the lower RF and quantization noise with the K3S’s new RF board, since this is not being made available for retrofit into the K3.  Hopefully, Elecraft or an early K3S adopter with the ability to measure the difference will provide some hard information.  That’s pretty much going to be my decision point about whether to drop $$ on upgrading other parts of my K3 or just biting the bullet, reducing my ability to eat for a few months later in retirement, and upgrading the whole thing.  Or not … since given my usual operating habits, even the K3 is more radio than I need ;-)
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> Grant NQ5T
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