[Elecraft] Help sell me on the K3S
Clay Autery
cautery at montac.com
Sun Jul 17 13:14:58 EDT 2016
Figure out your MAX budget for initial purchase...
Are you comfortable with a no solder assembly?
Buy a K3s and a P3...
Using your budget as a guide, put everything you can in the K3s first
(except the sub-receiver... that can wait)
Just use the 2.7 5 pole stock filter for now...
Add a 6kHz AM filter IF you get the General Coverage board so you can
hear AM radio stations well.
Stop adding things when the budget is topped...
Bottom Line... just get the K3s/P3 and stop agonizing over it. You
won't be sorry...
LOVE my (growing) K-Line!
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Clay Autery, KY5G
MONTAC Enterprises
(318) 518-1389
On 7/17/2016 12:02 PM, Reuben Popp wrote:
> I'm curious to see/hear what the breakdown on primary operating mode for
> most K3S users is: voice, cw, data, [like me, just] swl... mixed? How
> many use it strictly for contesting, and how many use it as their "daily
> driver"?
>
> The KX{2,3} is appealing as well, but as nice as they are, they don't offer
> me an upgrade path, or rather, it's limited, and there's no general
> coverage module; signal reception is (from what I understand) similar to
> the K2 in that regard. Portable, yes, and quite possibly lower down on the
> list, but not something I want or need immediately.
>
> I figured that I can get a K3S/10 with the K3 Panadapter, the general
> coverage module, the 2.8Khz filter, and the SVGA kit for the P3 for
> ~3400... the approximate cost (or a little under) for a used IC7700 or a
> FTDX5000. Argh, choices!!
>
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