I have a base (12 watt) K3 and find 5 watts quite adequate for my mostly PSK operation. With the sunspots the way they are, I can reach the south Pacific on a good night. Narrow band modes like CW and PSK work well with low power.
I spent my extra cash on the T1 tuner, the 2M option, the FM filter, and the 250Hz filter. I also have the Elecraft cool aid running in my blood so I have a P3 on order. My plan is to move up to 100 watts when the sunspots die down. Right now I'm having too much fun with QRP. OTOH, I have had trouble being heard on the Elecraft SSB net. But that's a wide band mode. Perhaps if I aimed my dipole toward Oregon instead of Rhode Island it would work better. :-) The choice between K3 and KX3 was easy for me. The K3 was being delivered. :-) Cheers - Bill On 10/16/12 at 5:27 PM, tcbe...@hotmail.com (tom betka) wrote: >Here's the basic order I came up with today. After talking >David at Elecraft, I added the 100w power amplifier which kicks >price up $450. But my question...is that really needed at first. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the 408-356-8506 | intelligence. There's a knob called "brightness", but www.pwpconsult.com | it doesn't work. -- Gallagher ______________________________________________________________ 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
