I have both radios that you have and using a "Real Antenna" the KX3 has by far the better receiver in fact they are not even in the same class. The whip antennas I have 4 different ones BTW all were a waste of money IMHO and sit on a shelf unused for some time, just use a wire antenna (even a short one) and the internal tuner on the KX3 will run circles around the G3 mine will.
73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 5210--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 P3/SVGA--KAT500--W2 Amps Elecraft KPA500 HF/6m--Alpha's 9500 HF--87A HF--Mirage B-5030-G 300+w--(2) B-5016-G's 165w 2m -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chris Chien Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 9:47 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 for SWLs? Someone said the KX3 makes a descent shortwave receiver using telescopic antenna. I connected a whip antenna with loading coil for 20m, and compared the performance side by side to a Grundig G3 shortwave radio. The latter was using its own internal telescopic antenna. However, the G3 radio turned out to be better than the KX3 in terms of both signal strength and clarity on SSB and AM. Is this normal for KX3? Has anyone ever tried using the KX3 with a simple whip? 73, AC9FU Chris ______________________________________________________________ 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 m...@totalhighspeed.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
