Joe, W4TV and Ian, GM3SEK; I found both of your
posts to be spot on with me and very insightful.
I own K3 #371 and have been disappointed with the
lack of its further development in the past 18
months or the "finishing" of some features as
mentioned by Ian.. And as much as I have tried,
really tried, for SIX years to adapt to the "tap
and hold" button feature...it's not for me.
When new, the K3 was a blast to own, to use and to
participate in the development of it for about the
first four years. But my attitude towards it has
changed in the past two years or so.
It's not the the K3 is "bad", far from it, but it
could be refined into an even better rig rather
than into an apparent development stepping stone
for the KX3 which holds no interest here for me.
To me, one of the shortcomings of SDR is that the
promise of on-going support and upgrades is
usually not fulfilled in the long run, for myriad
business and technology related reasons. I view
promises from any manufacturer (TT, ICOM, Kenwood,
Flex etc.) concerning future, long-term firmware
development with great skepticism. It never
continues past a certain time-frame which is
usually ends much sooner than one initially
expects. As for updated/redeveloped K3 boards to
be forthcoming, I hope ... but expect not. So I am
not holding out hope for any further meaningful
development for the K3. Elecraft has been far
better with it than most but it appears that the
K3 with 8000+ units sold is now a mature product
which will see refinements and enhancements as
rarer and rarer occurrences if at all.
I have found myself contemplating parting ways
with the K3 and Elecraft of late being drawn back
to using my TT Corsair II and Omni V.9 more and
more. Highly modified by me, they compete very
favorably with the K3 for my op style and
expectations. (IMO TT has gone in a very strange
business direction of late which causes me to
wonder what they are doing).
Everyone is entitled to their personal opinions
and for most the K3 seems to still be the epitome
of HF rig evolution. That's fine. I mean you no
bad will nor is my intention to convince you
otherwise.
But after six years I still miss my dedicated band
switching (with stacking registers) and I still
don't like Kool-Aid regardless of flavor. ;-)
73 de N1LQ-Dave
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