Jim Brown-10 wrote:
>
> Yes, it is carping, because the K3 was not DESIGNED to be a 2M FM radio
> for
> operation on repeaters. The 2M board is a nice AFTERTHOUGHT, a nice
> package
> for remote use that obviates the need for an outboard transverter.
>
> Something that appears to have escaped you and other critics. Adding
> features
> to a product costs money, whether in the form of hardware, design costs,
> or
> programming. Elecraft products are NOT designed to be all things to all
> people. The K3 is designed as a competition-grade HF radio, and is
> optimized
> for the functions associated with HF operation.
>
Well I don't think that's how many people see it, or even how Elecraft will
market it once the 144MHz board is available.
But in any case I have to disagree with you. I don't see any reason why the
K3 could not be a perfectly good all-mode including FM radio if the memories
could be made to work the way they do in other radios. Perhaps there is a
reason I don't know about that they can't, but I always thought it was
possible to do just about anything in software.
> The fact that it can be ADAPTED to be a nice bed for VHF and UHF
> transverters
> is a nice feature. I don't know what common ham practice is in the UK, but
> here in North America, most hams who use competition-grade radios and
> transverters are using them for weak signal modes -- CW, SSB, and data
> modes
> like WSJT. Again, square peg, round hole.
>
Your generalizing, which is never a good thing. Personally I don't think of
the K3 as a competition radio. I think of it as a nice compact radio that I
bought because I had been a happy K2 owner since 1999 and had contributed to
the K3's development though all the "wishlist" threads that had gone over
the years on this very reflector (which in those days people enjoyed reading
and contributing to.)
> I don't see that the SAME EQ should be used for all modes, and I've
> privately
> advised Elecraft to develop the software to allow DIFFERENT settings for
> the
> various modes.
>
Well I and many others have publicly lobbied for it. But at the moment the
options are the same EQ or no EQ unless you are prepared to go throough a
cumbersome time-consuming procedure involving third party computer software
that was suggested early in this thread, which doesn't seem to me an
acceptable solution to something even my FT-817 can manage.
Anyway, thank you for your reply, Jim. You've convinced me that the K3 isn't
the right radio for me and others with similar interests. No doubt Elecraft
will appreciate that.
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Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222.
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