Paul, I see you got some good answers but just wanted to add some of my experience. If you are interested in building a kit you can not beat the K2. K3 is a great radio but is not really a kit. The K2 you build starting from a box of parts. One of the greatest things about the K2 kit is that there are almost no wires, so you are not building wiring harnesses (which I do not consider to be fun). You are building boards and building up the chassis. If there was a K3 kit that started with a bag of parts, there would be no decision to make, but that is not the case.
If you mainly want a CW rig, I don't see how you could need anything more. BUT if you want mainly a SSB rig, I would suggest you consider the K3 instead. K2 works fine on SSB, but some of the creature comforts could be better. As far as the reflector, some of us urged Elecraft to separate the K2 and K3 lists in some way, but they have opted not to do so. As a result, this is not the resource it used to be for a K2 owner. You can still get ALL your questions answered here, so don't get me wrong, but you will drown in K3 trivia if you just monitor the list, and there is no easy way to receive only K2-related threads that I know of. Go for the K2 and enjoy it. Tom KG3V On Dec 10, 2009 7:20pm, Paul Huff <ph...@mi.rr.com> wrote: > I think that I have finally saved up enough money to purchase my > long-desired > K2. But there are two thoughts that cause me to hesitate: > First, is the K2 "long in the tooth"? Am I spending a significant amount > of > money on technology that is on it's way to being obsolete? > Second, I will only be able to purchase a basic K2 and plan on adding the > extras to it over the next couple of years. Will Elecraft still be > offering > those products for that length of time? > I guess that I will ask that 2nd question directly to Elecraft, but any > opinions > on the first question would be appreciated. > Thanks in advance and 73, > Paul - N8XMS > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
