My first Elecraft was a used K2 (that had serious problems). When I open the box, I was seriously disappointed with the looks of it. Hooking it up and listening along side my original 746, I heard a lot more stations on the K2 on my attic dipole than on my "real" outside antenna. I thought there was something wrong with my outside antenna. Long story short, I switched coax, meters, everything inline, and then antennas, everything and the K2 was SO much better. It was the radio, not the antenna. I was hooked.
I did return the K2 because it had problems, wouldn't transmit on most bands more than a few tenths of a watt, and no more than 4 watts on any band, and that was a 100w radio. Now, I am going to order a new K2. Well..., I discovered the K3 and ordered it. Back then it took 5? Months. That was the longest 5 months in my life. And I loved doing the build when it finally got here. Performance is everything and I like the looks of my K3 now, not changing anything. Learning curve? Not necessarily, it works just fine as it comes. If you want to "tweak" (in your own mind) some settings later, go ahead, but it is not really necessary. Yes I do make my own changes but it does work just like it comes. 73, Jim KG0KP ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
