[Elecraft] [KX3] Fwd: Yaesu 817ND vs Elecraft KX3 Differences for Portable Use

[Walter Underwood]

And even though the KX3 doesn’t have a built-in battery. Except it does. I added a comment about that.

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> On Jan 28, 2016, at 2:05 PM, John Kramer jkramer at iafrica.com [KX3] <KX3-noreply at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Interesting read Wayne. So to sum up, the only areas the FT-817 beats the KX3 is that
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> it has a better speaker and you can change the colour of the backlit display :)
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> That would be easy - put a better speaker in the KX3, and give it an adjustable blue/green or
> amber backlit display…and then the FT-817 will have nothing over and above the KX3 :)
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> Come to think of it…the KX3 with a blue backlit display would look cool
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> 73
> John, ZS5J
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> On 28 Jan 2016, at 11:51 PM, Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com <mailto:n6kr at elecraft.com> [KX3] <KX3-noreply at yahoogroups.com <mailto:KX3-noreply at yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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> Interesting comparison between the KX3 and the 817 by M0JCQ, a serious portable operator. Don't let the fact that I'm hopelessly biased influence your guess about which rig he prefers :)
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> http://www.hamblog.co.uk/yaesu-817nd-vs-elecraft-kx3-differences-for-portable-use/ <http://www.hamblog.co.uk/yaesu-817nd-vs-elecraft-kx3-differences-for-portable-use/>
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> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
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