[Elecraft] Is the Lab599 TX500 a "rip-off" of the KX3?

[Bill Frantz]

It is certainly not a clone. It draws more RX current. It is a 
thinner. The panadapter is built in.

I didn't spend enough time looking at it to form a judgement 
other than it appeals to the same uses as the KX3 and is not a clone.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 9/3/20 at 1:58 PM, johnae5x at gmail.com (John Harper) wrote:

>As someone who has one of these radios on order, I'd like to know if this
>is fake news or true fact:
>
>"This rig is copied from the KX-3. I was told this from a reliable source
>inside Elecraft."
>
>Source:
>https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/lab599-discovery-tx-500.683461/page-2
>
>The radio in question is described here:
>https://lab599.com/
>
>Comments from Elecraft especially welcome.
>TNX/73,
>
>John AE5X
>https://ae5x.blogspot.com

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