It is inevitable that the competitors would notice the success of the K3 and respond competitively. Kenwood used to make quality HF radios but long ago lost their way. I would be interested in seeing a review when one comes out.
In my travels I think there are a number of people who object to the K3 because they like the larger face and more traditional controls such as individual band and mode registers. Most of these HAMS have not actually operated much with a K3. In my limited experience the controls you most want to use while operating are right there and ready for quick use in the K3. It may be slightly slower to change modes or bands, but it is not that big a deal. I think there may be a market for an add-on module that sits next to the K3 and offers more button and knob options. This may sway the more traditional. We might speculate as to what we want, but I would certainly add individual mode and band pushbuttons. I envisage a box identical in size to the P3, so you would have your add on module on one side, the K3 in the center and the P3 on the other. It won't work any better than the K3, but it will look impressive for those looking for the biggest box with the largest number of controls and buttons. -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Rock Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 2:36 PM To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] rather provocative advert from Kenwood This is broken too. After crashing my system twice I find it is not worth my time to download the .pdf Kevin. KD5ONS -----Original Message----- >From: Lew Phelps K6LMP <k6...@me.com> >Sent: Jul 2, 2010 2:19 PM >To: Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] rather provocative advert from Kenwood > >I downloaded this PDF file and uploaded it to a site anyone can access: > >http://public.me.com/lewphelps > >Has anyone seen specs and price for the new Kenwood? > >Lew Phelps K6LMP > > >On Jul 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Grant Youngman wrote: > >> Any chance this exists somewhere where creating a Google account isn't a prerequisite >> >> >> On Jul 2, 2010, at 3:43 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: >> >>> https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bw6A6YLa6L3rZjhjNWRiMGUtODZiMi00OWM 3LTljYmItNWM3ODY2YWU0YjVi&hl=en&authkey=CLe25YAE >>> ______________________________________________________________ >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
