Let's see. I'd had the FT-1000 for about eight years and had a bit of new rig fever, plus a bonus check was looming and I didn't want to fritter it away on food and shelter! When I bought the FT-1000, I liked the fact that it was a "real boatanchor" in size and weight. But after I gimped up my back a bit later I started longing for a rig I could take to Field Day without killing myself.
I liked the FT-1000 pretty well, but reports of chirp and clicks, especially in QSK mode, made me abandon QSK on it. That and the clacking relays. My previous rigs had included a Triton II, Triton IV and Corsair, all of which had excellent QSK. I thought the K3 might take me back to smooth QSK with good transmit quality on CW, my primary mode. I'd never owned or used an Elecraft product before, but I'd been active in QRP for ten years or so and always heard glowing reports on the K2 and other products. So those were the major factors and here I sit, still well pleased to have such a fine transceiver. 73- Nick, WA5BDU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
