[Elecraft] Help sell me on the K3S

[a45wg]

Reuben,
	If you do not need Tx - why not just go for a high end SDR Rx. Lots of really good products out there at the moment - and being SDR easy to upgrade with software etc. You will need to budget for a decent computer and maybe an external sound card - but also an option to consider IMHO.

	You are not really going to get an un-biased opinion asking a question like that here… nor would you on the Icom forums

	regards

		Tim A45WG

> On 4 Jul 2016, at 09:46, Richard Fjeld <rpfjeld at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> Reuben,
> I think Rob Sherwood answers this question best with his receiver ratings. Google Sherwood labs.
> Dick, n0ce
> 
> 
> On 7/3/2016 4:44 PM, Reuben Popp wrote:
>> Hey everyone, happy early 4th to you and yours!
>> 
>> I'm looking for a bit on input here.  I've had my K2 now for quite some
>> time now; built it myself and love it still to this day.  But, because
>> every guy and gal needs a new radio every now and then, I've got that itch.
>> 
>> I've had my eye on a K3 probably since I first saw the advertisement in QST
>> some years back.  I'm not a contester.. heck, I *still* don't have my
>> ticket, so my main use is SWL and running up and down the bands to listen
>> in on some of the nets.  My antenna is just a half size G5RV slung along
>> the apex of my roof.... but I've wanted to get my hands on the K3... that
>> is until now.
>> 
>> In the past week I found out about the Icom 7300, which for all intents and
>> purposes is one heck of a nifty radio too.  And at $500 less than what the
>> 10W K3S.  That's a nice chunk of cheddar in these days and times, doubly so
>> as Popp #2 will be arriving here come September (on my birthday no less,
>> hah).  The downsides are (at least to me) is that there's little in the way
>> for adding on new features to the set short of via software updates.
>> There's no second antenna option, etc, etc.
>> 
>> Granted, I'm not looking at getting either one anytime in the immediate
>> future.  Or, if I miraculously get one somehow, something is seriously
>> wrong, and someone has replaced my XYL with the Stepford model... come
>> please make sure I'm okay, lol.  But in all seriousness, help me decide
>> here.  Which is the better bang for the buck in the long run?  I'm willing
>> to bet that this will be the last rig I get for quite some time yet, so I
>> had best make it count.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance to all and 73
>> Reuben
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