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From: R Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I want this radio REALLY bad, but it's very difficult to wait for it
when I've
worked through my tech, general, and extra class since the
announcement, have to
wait 4 more months still, have nothing but a mobile 2m, and can have
any of
several (admittedly lesser) radios at my door the next day.
With all due respect....
The key factor to Elecraft is *quality*. That's why you want a K3
rather than some
other rig.
There's an old engineering saying: "Good, inexpensive, fast - pick any
two". As much as I hate to say it, that saying applies to ham rigs,
including the K3.
More importantly, note this:
If all you have right now is a 2 meter mobile, and you're new to HF
amateur radio, you need a lot more than a K3 and a license. You need an
antenna system, adequate power supply, a proper shack table and
accessories (key, mike, headphones, clock, lamp, grounding), etc. The
K3 alone won't make a single QSO, and without a decent antenna system
its potential will never be realized.
What antenna system will you have for the K3?
73 de Jim, N2EY
besides, some of us have been waiting *years* for the K3 ;-)
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