It was a perfectly valid question, Russell. "Hardening" the KX3 would be useful for high-vibration applications, but definitely on the expensive side. I'm not sure we could justify the engineering time or that we'd have a large enough market for it.
73, Wayne N6KR On May 4, 2014, at 4:51 PM, Russell Conner <rgcon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Starting to be sorry I asked. > > On May 4, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: > >> It isn't a delicate wallflower, but it is a pretty expensive and >> complicated way to get 3W on 2m FM. And it isn't really designed for >> general-purpose 2m use. Will it have automatic repeater offsets on 2m? Maybe >> not. >> >> With a dual-band mobile, you can use a high-gain 440 antenna. You'll also >> have at least 10X the power that the KX3 could produce. >> >> A 2M mobile radio is under $200, and a basic dual-band mobile is under $400. >> >> wunder >> K6WRU >> >> On May 4, 2014, at 3:17 PM, rgconner <rgcon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> You must not use CB, or maybe it is just where I live, but if you try and >>> use >>> any channel on the CB the yahoos drown you out. >>> >>> REmeber, any yahoo can use CB, but a HAM operator has to pass a test. That >>> appears to weed out the yahoos. >>> >>> I am amazed by all the things this radio does, and does well, but it is >>> apparently a delicate wallflower in everyones opinion. >>> >>> Maybe it is, I am reluctant to shell out $1000 to prove it right or wrong. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 rgcon...@gmail.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
