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

[Bill Frantz]

The KX3 also lacks the 70cm band. Since our ARES/RACES group 
uses that band (on rare occasions), it would be useful for those 
activations. It would also be another band for the ARRL VHF 
contest -- backpack mode. :-)

73 Bill AE6JV

On 1/29/16 at 2:05 PM, jkramer at iafrica.com (John Kramer) wrote:

>Interesting read Wayne. So to sum up, the only areas the FT-817 beats the KX3 is that
>it has a better speaker and you can change the colour of the backlit display :)

Original article:

<http://www.hamblog.co.uk/yaesu-817nd-vs-elecraft-kx3-differences-for-portable-use/>

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