The new I/O board was also an option that was sold separately as an upgrade to the K3, as was the KXV3B, where the pre-amp was located. If you find a K3 with all those upgrades plus the synth (like mine ;), it's pretty close to the same thing as the K3S.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 7:48 AM AB1DD <ab...@comcast.net> wrote: > Mike, > > You don't get the new knob and bezel! > > Seriously, You don't have the new i/o board, with it's sound card built > in and USB connectivity. There are a couple other things changed on the > mother board that you can't get anyway with out buying a K3S. They > weren't showstoppers for me. There is a second preamp, more att. levels, > built it ATU will bypass, better speaker amp, Fast rx/tx switching, > extended 630 and 2200 meter bands. There might be more that I can't > remember, but the synth and i/o board are the biggest. There was a chart > on the Elecraft website but I don't know where it is now. > > Hope this helps > > 73, > Carl > AB1DD > > Resistance is futile. > (don't know about reactance, though) > > > > On 1/25/2021 10:29 AM, NJMike wrote: > > If a K3 has been upgraded to the latest synthesizer - the KSYN3A - > what's the > > difference between it and the K3S? > > > > Thanks, > > Mike NJ2OM > > > > > > > > -- > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ae...@worldwidedx.com > -- Owner, worldwidedx.com AE6LX, Amateur Radio ______________________________________________________________ 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
