[Elecraft] Any KX2 or KX3 owners have experience with the IC-7300

[Jim Brown]

One of the most important characteristics of a radio for FD is its 
ability to play well with others. I have heard that the IC7300 does not. 
The low cost Kenwood radios have, in general, been second best to the K3 
and KX3 in that regard. Deficiencies of the Icom and Yaesu rigs are lots 
of clicks and phase noise, and many of the Yaesu rigs have terrible 
splatter on SSB.

Since the introduction of the K4, there have been a lot of K3s in good 
shape selling for bargain prices. I recently bought an early vintage K3 
with second RX, 5 8-pole filters, a P3/SVGA, and power meter for $2K 
from a member of our contest club to have as a spare. Two weeks ago, the 
P3/SVGA replaced the one in my primary station whose SVGA board had 
failed. The K3 replaced a K3 that had gotten its RX fried during a CQP 
county expedition. Both worked perfectly. I haven't need the power meter 
yet.

The K3 is, by far, the best FD/expedition rig I've ever seen/used. Our 
county expedition and FD team typically does three of these events a 
year, and the newest of them is ten years old. Other than a couple of 
SVGA boards, the only failures have been due to our failure to rig 
antennas well enough to keep the RF of one rig out of the other's RX. 
And we run KPA500s on the two stations in W6GJB's county expedition 
trailer.

73, Jim K9YC

On 10/8/2022 10:32 PM, n7tb at comcast.net wrote:
> I know it won't compare to my Elecraft rigs, but for my use, it may be OK.
> For those of you who have used the IC-7300 for CW, I would like to hear your
> comments.