One area where the K3 is also looking good is the transmitted noise level, ARRL members may wish to look at the on-line reviews and check the close in spectrum analyser plots of the K3 vs the rest when keying on CW. A near neighbour appears to be +/- 50 KHz wide on 80m with rubbish from his transmitter, now if he was 15 dB cleaner by running a K3 instead of his "top of the range" rig (it's not Icom by the way) some of us would be a bit happier. Maybe that's why multi-rig contest stations are migrating to the K3?
73 Dave, G4AON K3/100 #80 ------------------ Hello Gentleman, I fully understand that Sherwood list is of high regard among many hams. Regrettably, I really do not experience what should be expected after studying Sherwood list. In particular, I am referring ic7800, ic7700, ic7600 Vs K3. All these 3 icom rigs are now in my stack and ready to do A/B comparison with K3 at any time. I do not see any day and night difference among them even in the recent IARU contest. Bearing in mind, Hong Kong is small and 1Kw big guns are everywhere (even within line of sight) under contest condition. On the other hand, there are distinct characterists between K3 and Icom rigs. Personal preference and operation easiness would play in these areas. I am pleased to see that Elecraft keeps on improving the firmware which should bring more operation easiness and smoother learning curve. I would expect further improvement in the Noise Reduction function of K3. If you feel this email offensive, please press your "delete" button. 73 Johnny VR2XMC ______________________________________________________________ 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
