Hmm. What I think the biggest issue is that I am both a motorcycle enthusiast and a budding HAM enthusiast... although the shine is coming off quickly.
"Motor scooters" come in 600+ cc now, they are as big and fast as half the motorcycles out there. BMW's C600 will cruise all day long, and you can get up and 1000 miles again the next day if you want. This highlights the difficulty: lack of mine and others knowledge of both spheres in equal depth. I know motorcycles. I don't know HAM as well. You all know the HAM as well, but there seems to be not an overlap with motorcycles so much. And, considering the spec this was designed for: "home, backpacking, and travel." it sounds like another product: cell phones. And we motorcyclists mount our cellphones to the handlebars all the time, even small tablets. So I am surprised those products fair better than the KX3 in the overlapping "home, backpacking, and travel." environment. I have broken 3 phones packpacking, so I guess the KX3 is out altogether if it is not as rugged as as say, a Galaxy S phone. My 2c worth. On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Jim Brown-10 [via Elecraft] < ml-node+s365791n7588568...@n2.nabble.com> wrote: > On 5/4/2014 5:17 PM, Russell Conner wrote: > > well, the naysayers have convinced me, the Elecraft is not the radio for > me > > for this application, and this is the application I need to solve first. > A > > home station is a year or two away, if ever. > > Hi Russell, > > Congratulations on getting your license. The experience and backgrounds > of those who have offered advice is pretty widely varied -- everything > from true expert to opinions only to hearsay. Most of us own Elecraft > rigs, and most have owned lots of other rigs too, over the years. I've > had nearly 20 in the 60 years I've been a ham. Many of us own and use 2M > and 440 MHz rigs -- I certainly do -- and I mostly use them on the road. > > I agree with the advice that Elecraft does not make a product to do what > you want on your motorcycle -- for the short distances involved, I'd be > looking at either a 2M rig if all the guys in your group are hams, or an > FRS radio if they are not, looking for something you can fit with a > suitable headset. > > As others have noted, the KX3 is a great rig for home, backpacking, and > travel. That's what it's designed for. When you are ready for a rig like > that, it's head and shoulders above the rest. Sort of like the > difference between a Harley and a motor scooter. :) > > 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7588568&i=0> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7588568&i=1> > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Could-this-operate-on-a-motorcycle-tp7588505p7588568.html > To unsubscribe from Could this operate on a motorcycle?, click > here<http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=7588505&code=cmdjb25uZXJAZ21haWwuY29tfDc1ODg1MDV8ODU2NDE2OTM=> > . > NAML<http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Could-this-operate-on-a-motorcycle-tp7588505p7588570.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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
