Short answer: Yes, it is my Dream Machine. Having owned a K2 since 2003 or so, I put in an order for K3 #24 while Elecraft was in Visalia, 2007 (April or May). K3/10 #24, as a kit, arrived in October, 2007. As far as I know #24 was the first or second kit off the line.
I worked CQ WW using SSB and 10W right away. Nine new countries for W6NIA right off the bat. To make sure credit goes where it should, the receiver was so solid that I could hear a lot of the low-level DX the big guns weren't copying. Most of it was in between, where the K3 excels. My XYL gets the best friend award here, but the K3 would run a real close second. It's fully loaded now, SubRX and a buncha filters, every add-on available except for the PR-6. All mods are up to date too. I wouldn't have it any other way. Like another later poster, my list of rigs runs on from about 1973 to present. About forty years. As far as I'm concerned the K3 is the best value proposition in the HF Amateur Radio industry, historically and present-day. There is a lot more here about the high quality of tech and customer support, and Elecraft's is legendary in our community (almost unhead of across several consumer product sectors that I know well, also). But this is very well known by now, and even newbies are aware that if they buy their first rig from Elecraft they will have support that no other manufacturer can possibly match. 73, matt zilmer W6NIA K3 #24, P3 #14, KX3 #6, etc. On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:25:08 -0500, you wrote: >I AM!!!! As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever >used - and the list is over fifty years long. The settings I use were >posted here several days ago. They are directed towards armchair copy >use - I doubt if they would do much to enhance a DXer's or contester's use. > >I have posted a lot of questions, complaints, and barbs regarding my K3 >- which I built in February of this year. However, with the posts and >emails I received (that were constructive in nature), I gained enough >knowledge about the K3 and its menus, to send me in the right direction >to correct what I perceive as K3 deficiencies. > >Along the way, I have found the Cady Manual to be top notch and totally >necessary for understanding the K3. I keep a file of posts made here and >on the Yahoo Group that have been informative. > >I make all my settings the "hard" way using the K3 menus, as I have >experienced failures when making changes via K3 EZ (possibly related to >Win7). > >Anyway, the long and short is that I am now very pleased with my K3 - it >is a keeper. > >Bill W2BLC > > >______________________________________________________________ >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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
