Julian, To really make the analogy fair, you would have to assemble the K3 from a kit while in the field. Sure, there's setup for the flex but it's basically a one time thing - as building the K3 is.
73, Ted, W2ZK On 2/19/2010 7:34 AM, Julian, G4ILO wrote: > > Bob Naumann wrote: > >> Let's be reasonable though - the Flex is not a piece of junk just because >> it's in second place on the Sherwood list. >> >> There's a whole lot of good radios behind the two of them further down the >> list. >> >> I think this W9OY, because of his obvious pro-Flex bias, should be given >> the >> same respect as W2OY was in the "olde days". (He was the "CQ CQ, no kids, >> no >> lids, no space cadets" guy). >> >> >> > I found it rather amusing that the bulk of this post, many paragraphs, > contained a description of setting up a Flex station for portable use. It > involved installing the .Net framework, installing drivers, configuring > buffers, recalibrating the radio, installing a virtual audio cable and > virtual serial port. Someone using a K3 would probably have got 200 contacts > in the log by that point. I don't think it was intentional, but to me he > just made the case for why so many of us prefer the Elecraft approach. > > ----- > Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. > * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com > * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html > * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.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
