[Elecraft] Icom 7300 is available

[Jim Brown]

YES!  In addition to being a great mobile and fixed station rig, it's a 
backpacker's dream! Last summer, I loaned my KX3/KXPA100 with a 20Ah 
LiFePO4 battery to AF6RT and W6JTI, who dragged it up a 2 mile trail 
with a 1,000 ft gain in elevation to light up a rare 6M grid. They were 
also dragging an antenna, coax, a computer, water, and lunch. At the end 
of the day, they still had power left in that battery.

73, Jim K9YC

On Tue,3/1/2016 12:08 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Beyond that, the KX3:
>
>   - is about 1/5th the size
>   - is about 1/5th the weight
>   - consumes probably 1/10th as much RX-mode current
>   - has an internal battery
>   - has an attached keyer paddle
>   - has built-in stereo audio and CW/RTTY/PSK31 text decode with a PC
>   - works with integrated peripherals (PX3 and KXPA100) that can be left at
>     your fixed station when traveling
>
> So if you're operating portable, it's an apples/oranges comparison.