Phil: To paraphrase an old guy from Hope, AR, it depends on what your definition of "Fun" is.
I think its fun to cozy up 500 cycles below a S9+30 CW signal and still be able to hear and work S3 signals on my frequency in a contest. I think its fun to download new features that the radio didnt have before from the internet and install them into my almost 4 year old rig, giving me more bang for the buck. I think its fun having a world class, super high performance, identical dual receiver radio with multiple I/O and flawless computer interface that weighs less than 10 pounds. I think its fun that for $5,000.00, I have a 500w station with identical dual receivers, unparalelled receive performance, complete station integration and a state of the art panadapter that all together, weighs under 40lbs and hears and interoperates better than my friends' $14,000 60lb rig and $7,000 56lb "1kw" amplifier. I think its fun to have all this performance in a system that I assembled from boxes of parts, so I know what is in it, I am not afraid to open it and fix it or modify it, and can take personal pride in assembling it. And finally, I think that its fun that I can have all of this and support an American company that designs and manufactures world class products right here in America, that listens to user input and actually *USES* that input in the ongoing development of the products. So is the K3 fun to use? Yeah, I think it is. Lu Romero - W4LT K-Line and a K1 as well. ---------=====----------------- Message: 10 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:03:22 -0800 From: Phil Hystad <phys...@mac.com> To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net List" <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] Is the K3 a "fun" radio to operate ? Message-ID: <302a8f9e-5ab6-410b-a63f-4993f2bc7...@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On a couple of earlier messages (one from Rob Sherwood) the notion of a "fun" radio to operate was raised and how that might become a deciding factor among many different radios with similar receive performance. My question is what is a fun radio? I have heard that some think the K3, being somewhat menu driven, is not a fun radio where as something like a Yaesu with a button and knob for every function is fun. I must be a contrarian because I think the less buttons without compromising performance or functionality is better. For example, I also have an Icom Pro 3 that has buttons for some menu options on my K3. I use those Icom buttons so rarely that sometimes I need to look up in the user guide again to remind myself what they do and how to use them. Anything rarely used in my opinion is fodder for menu operation. So, if I wanted to buy a fun radio, which one would it be? I would like to know more of what people consider fun in this regard because it is a mystery to me. 73, phil, K7PEH ______________________________________________________________ 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
