There you go Phillip,and you should say also that ON4UN considered one of the "BIG GUN" dxer in the world replaced his two Tentec Orions,another very high performance radio for two K3's,that says it all. Thanks for your comments and by the way I bet your dog dentist must be very expensive,haha,73 AD4C
"For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3" --- On Sun, 1/10/10, Philippe Trottet <trot...@unhcr.org> wrote: From: Philippe Trottet <trot...@unhcr.org> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 how often do you use it? To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 4:48 AM Hi Gang, I fully agree with Hector's comments, we have to know what we want ? It has been explained many times in the reflector what was the Elecraft politics, easy to carry rig for dxpeditions or field days with great performance etc.etc... By Hams, for Hams, that's the Ham spirit who has been a little bit forgetted since we are using those "limousine" rigs where most functions are automated and not let the user to go beyond the limit if they want to. The design looks not like those pretty rigs, so what ! After testing on lab most of the commercial and Hams rigs on the market for years my only regret was not to order a K3 earlier, thanks to John ON4UN, who convinced me ! As a exclusive wire antenna user, what a great help for chasing the weak signal especially in a industrial environment as mine. In cw it is a great performer and in ssb it's not bad too with the 2.8 + 1,8 khz 8 poles filters where you can discriminated easily a weaker signal in a overloaded environment. The Electraft team are taking care of the comments of the users to improve day after day their products, what can be expected more for us ? I'm just a little bit anxious about the continuity of Elecraft company when Wayne and Eric will be retired but no doubt they will find somebody in the pure Ham spirit as they are. 73's Philippe A65BI (F5LTB) http://www.qrz.com/callsign/A65BI Philippe TROTTET Head of Field Telecom Unit - DUBAI United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees International Humanitarian City Office Building Nº3 - Room 2, 1st Floor Doha Street PO BOX: 506013 DUBAI - U.A.E. Dubai time: GMT +4 W: Sunday to Thursday HQ Ext: 7120 Vsat: xx 41 22 7120 External: +971 4 3601753 +41 22 739 7120 Mobile: +971 504531756 Website: www.unhcr.org ( http://www.unhcr.org/ ) >>> Hector Padron <ad4c2...@yahoo.com> 10-01-2010 7:42 >>> Hi Randy,nothing more away from the actual reality what your friend said. He is obviously not updated with what is going on in the contesting and dxing world of hamradio lately,IF he were then he sure will know that precisely the "Big guns" as he call the major dxers on the world are all selling their big FT-1000D,FT-1000MK5,FT-2000D,.etc to buy K3's.Wy? because they all have realized that the K3 is a better performance radio than those mentioned before.I even know two guys here in my county who after owning for a year the IC-7700 and IC-7800 top guns from Icoms are selling them to buy K3's. I am not a heavy contester neither dxer but I use my K3 day by day,I will say 365 days a year and its not an ugly radio,certainly is not beautiful as a FT-2000 but guess what, I owned a FT-2000 and it lasted here in my shack just 2 months because it did not passed the comparison test againts my K3,neither the ProIII that I owned before,neither many radios that has passed by here. I will ask your friend If he could pull a weak station with a signal of 55 on 40M having at just 2Khz below another station with 20db over,surely he will lose the weak one using those "big" radios,that don't happen in a K3 where using a roofer of 1.8Khz and moving the shift down 50Hz the QRM will totally disapear,that is something you can't do with any of those big radios,that is why all contesters are switching to this small size radio that is also very portable and light enough to carry it to anywhere on this planet. Ask your friend why last year at the Ducie island VP6DX all the radios were K3's,they did not take any of the big radios for sure,not even one,only back up radios they took were the K2's. The K3 has probed to be the highest performance radio in the market and If someone don't believe it,that is his problem. have a good weekend. AD4C "For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3" --- On Sun, 1/10/10, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: From: Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 how often do you use it? To: "Randy Downs" <randyddo...@gmail.com> Cc: elecr...@mailman .qth.net Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 3:21 AM Randy, That is one man's opinion, and it is not shared by all. The K3 ergonomics went through a sizable focus group before final decisions on such matters were made. Yes, that group was heavily influenced by contesting types and DX types, and they seem to be the groups that will purchase whatever will give them an edge on the competition. Your opinions may differ, but the portability aspects for DXpeditions along with the high performance receiver has gone a long way - it sold over 3000 K3s in under 3 years. There is something to be said about that fact despite what some would call "shortcomings" such as a small front panel. The K2 received similar criticism over its 10 years, but folks are still buying them. It is difficult to please all with one design. Each to his own - you will have to weigh the pros and cons of each when reaching your own decision. There are transceivers out there with large front panels, so if that is the most important parameter on your list, then one of the larger radios would be the first choice, but if receiver performance and diversity reception are the highest items on your list, then the K3 shines without equal (despite any other 'shortcomings'. 73, Don W3FPR Randy Downs wrote: > I fellow said "Elecrafts ergonomics and packaging is not appealing enough for most people despite its receiver performance. They could fix it by putting the K3 into a bigger box with a decent front panel and more knobs, but they wont. They wont because they are listening to the wrong people who dont have a clue about marketing and who dont understand the psyche of most everyday hams. Hedging your bets on a small group of hams who turn their radios maybe 5 times a year while ignoring those who use a radio probably every second day is not wise." > in a message to me. I guess now the question becomes, how often do you use your K3? I use mine at least 10 hours a week. We need a poll I guess. > Randy > K8RDD > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.131/2609 - Release Date: 01/09/10 02:35:00 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
