Others have given you good advice. The important thing to
remember is that options can always be added later. In that
sense, the K3 is a Barbie Doll. Or at least that's what I tell
my XYL. :-)
I have found a narrow filter -- mine is the 250Hz -- can help
isolate a single PSK station, but is only rarely better than the
filter built into the standard DSP. It can also help in a RTTY contest.
I got the 2M internal transverter which I use for FM simplex and
repeaters. With 20-20 hind sight, I should have just gotten a
Icom/Kenwood/Yaesu radio, which would have given me 70cm.
However I'm set for 2M DX when the urge strikes. And with the
13KHz filter I worked that AM station on 15M to be able to say I
had worked AM.
I only recently added the 100 watt option and am now interested
in the tuner.
I have a P3 and consider it to be the most valuable option on
the radio. The second receiver would be nice, but the P3 usually
lets me see where there is space in a pileup. I can spot an
active DX station on the waterfall by looking at the changes in
signal strength. If the station is working split, I can usually
find the DX by looking down-band from the pileup.
Cheers - Bill, AE6JV
On 2/20/14 at 12:25 PM, arlenfletc...@mac.com (Arlen Fletcher) wrote:
I'm about to pull the trigger on a K3/100 purchase (once the
IRS returns the interest-free loan I provided to them in 2013).
There are a LOT of options listed for the K3 on the Elecraft
site, and I'm a total newbie, so I'm appealing for help from
current K3 owners. I plan to chase DX primarily and hope to
learn more about the digital modes, though CW isn't of
significant interest at this point.
Given the above, what are your recommendations for the top three options for a
brand new K3/100?
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(408)356-8506 |is there are so many to choose| 16345
Englewood Ave
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CA 95032
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