I agree.
My sort of early K3 ( s/n 17xx) simply has received every possible
upgrade put including the new synth board and the new I/O board. So is
pretty close to the K3S seems to me. If I was unlucky enough to have
purchased the last K3 I would have simply put in all the upgrades. Both
are worthy radios. My K3 is a field day veteran on a 4A club and did
very well with nearby K3 stations ( we did an all Elecraft FD with a K2
and multiple K3s. With antenna gain on 40 and 20.)
73, tom w7sua
On 1/25/2021 12:00 PM, Tim Tucker wrote:
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
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