[Elecraft] Sherwood's receiver performance table updated

[Mike Dodd]

On 4/26/2016 8:35 PM, Nr4c wrote:
> Hmmm.  A 100 Watt KX3 isn't that far from the price of a 100 Watt K3S.

Indeed. However, after using my KX3/PX3/KPXA100 for thousands of Qs, I 
bought a K3s.

The KX3 is retired into shielded wrappings, in case of an emergency. I 
sold the PX3 and KXPA100.

The K3s has features that make it far nicer for me than the KX3 setup:

1. Built-in amp with temperature-controlled cooling fans. The KXPA100 
was OK, but I never liked the exposed heat sink as the sole means of 
cooling.

2. Front/rear mic/speaker/phones jacks. I use a Heil boom mic and a 
Yamaha headset. With the KX3, I needed to unplug/plug the mic/phones 
connections on the side panel. Then I had to turn on/off the mic bias 
and adjust the mic gain for the currently plugged mic. never more with 
the K3s.

Plus I had to crawl under my desk to swap the foot switch plug into a 
cable jack to match the current mic. The K3's rear panel PTT jack 
eliminates this hassle.

To use AFSK-A with the KX3, I needed to unplug/plug yet another pair of 
mic/phones plugs to the SignaLink USB codec. The K3's built-in codec is 
wonderful!

Bottom line: If I'd had the money and if the "s" were available in 2013, 
I would have gone with the K3s. I'm not sorry I started with the KX3 
gear, but the K3s setup gives me a lot more.

-- 
73, Mike N4CF
Louisa County, VA USA
Elecraft K3s/100
Carolina Windom up 45'
http://n4cf.mdodd.com