Maybe Wayne might weigh in. I have only ecperienced an overload once. A mobile passing by decided to call me during a qso. I was not impressed.
I would wonder what the tradeoff might be, if any. I will not be modifying my k3 anytime soon. If it aint' broke, don't mess with it. 73 Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3. On 29/04/2013 1:48 PM, "Al Lorona" <alor...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I read the whole thing, too. It appears that the improvements are > measurable... > the only question is, "Is it worth the trouble?" It is obviously an awful > lot of > > work. Another question one must answer is, "Am I willing to accept the > decrease > in my K3's resale value?" after you are done cutting traces on boards and > so > forth. > > Have you ever heard your K3 overloading due to strong signals? Would you > even > know what it sounded like if it were happening? If not, I doubt these mods > are > worth it. > > I'm sure there are cases where overload does occur but it isn't common. > > It would have been cool to hear recordings of the same signal on both K3s > to > hear the difference. > > Al W6LX > > > Hi! > > I just read all about the I7SWX mods and I was wondering what Elecraft's > point > > > > of view is in this? Are these mods really a major improvement? > > > > 73's Twan - PA0KV > ______________________________________________________________ > 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