That’s kind of what I’ve been thinking too, Bill. With my often high noise level suburban location combined with modest wire and vertical antennas I think it would be overkill and not worth the investment. As it is I often joke that the K3 for me like driving a McLaren to the grocery store-way more than I need. That said I’m not parting with it ! Thanks Elecraft for at least giving us the upgrade option. 73, Brian K3USC (since 1962) > On Sep 6, 2015, at 9:16 AM, Bill <w2...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > Thank you for all the answers - here and email. I appreciate the candidness. > > Unfortunately, for Elecraft, I have decided to keep my K3 as it is. In my > instance, I don't see enough potential improvement to justify the expense and > labor (considerable to get the rig to the bench and back). I think it is > really difficult to enhance the K3's already incredible operation. > > But, as I said, this is in my instance (use and QTH). > > Bill W2BLC K-Line > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 k3...@arrl.net
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