Hello all, Many thanks to all that answered my many questions, and gave a new person a hand in understanding a new rig.
I have decided to order a new rig based on what was said here, about a 30 minute conversations with a fellow named Dave at Elecraft, and that eham gives it a 4.9 rating, which is hard to get there... I tend to take eham reviews with a grain of salt, but darned few radios get 4.9 there. If I missed sending anyone a thank you note, please forgive me, the number of answers I got was phenomenal, and I think I got everyone, but is would have been easy to miss someone. So thanks to all for your help in this. It made spending 5K almost fun... Almost... :) Here is the final build as I will order it as soon as Dave from Elecraft returns my MARS modification call. I don't know if he gets commission, but I want to be sure to order through the fellow that helped me there at Elecraft. Final Build: Radio: K3/100-F K3 basic radio 100W version KAT3-F K3 ATU unit KBPF3 K3 General coverage RX module for main radio KRX3-F K3 second rx KBPF3 K3 General coverage RX module for sub radio. I am a MARS member, and want General coverage on both KDVR3 Voice memory unit Filters: KFL3A-400 One for each radio, main and sub KFL3B-FM FM Filter for main radio FILTER Stock 2.7 KHz for both radios, main and sub Misc: P3-F Panadapter KXV3A K3 RX Ant, IF Out & Xvertr Interface KUSB Factory USB cable. Why two KBPF3's: Someone had mentioned that I probably did not need the second KBPF3, and for the most part that person was correct, but for my MARS operations... I do some very odd splits sometimes, sometimes neither side being in the ham bands, so the second RX was needed. Filters: During these entire process I had to tell myself these are roofing filters-- remember, these are roofing filters-- these are not bandpass filters these are not band pass filters... Remember... Many people pointed that out to me, and for that I am thankful, you all saved me a few bucks... I spoke to Dave at Elecraft, and he indicated that adding filters later should not pose a major issue for me, based on my experience. That said, I can order filters later, and probably will, as I need them, or discover I wish I had ordered them to start with. Remember, these are roofing filters... I ordered the FM Filter as opposed to the AM filter, because it is a roofing filter, and several folks suggested it as it lets me do AM and FM, as opposed to if I ordered just the AM filter. I would then need the FM filter later, if I did FM. This allows both modes with one filter. USB Cable: I ordered the cable from Elecraft because I trust they have done testing and clearance of this cable, and that it will work. I am running Linux as my major OS, and I can not say enough to thank the folks at Elecraft for including the utility program for Linux users... Panadapter : I can't imagine a radio without an Panadapter anymore... The thought is abhorrent to me. Again, many thanks to all for your help in this!! I would feel as confident I ordered correctly if it had not been for this mail list, and the kind users on it. -- Support better RFI practices, please sign this petition: at Whitehouse.gov http://wh.gov/lpz5Y ______________________________________________________________ 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