Steve, There is absolutely nothing portable about a Flex system. This is not to say they aren't good systems - they are. But you have to lug the radio and a fairly high-powered computer along with you. Kinda rough on the batteries/gen set/etc you use for portable power. If portability is your goal, I'd look at either the K3 or KX3. While the KX3 is definitely trail-ready, the K3 is also a good portable rig, as evidenced by the increasing number of DXpeditions that carry them along as the primary rigs.
Hope this helps. 73, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA km4ik....@gmail.com K3 #281, P3 #688 On 4/2/2012 8:52 PM, Steve Hamon wrote: > Hello--I am perplexed about the choice of which HF rig to get. I just > passed my General and am trying to put together my first "shack." I have > heard fantastic, rave reviews about the Flex and also about the KX3. My > only concerns about the KX3 is that after putting out about $1,500 for the > basic KX3 and Tuner and Filter added, I still will only have a 10 watt > unit. I want it to be my mobile and my base unit. Will I have to chuck > out another thousand bucks for the 100 watt amp? > > Thanks and 73s--Steve > ______________________________________________________________ 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
