Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
For pure nostalga, OT's and those wondering what signals sounded like in the 50's might really enjoy this video: http://youtu.be/aAk7gRdwpGs I'd forgotten the delight of watching the blinking gas in an over-worked 807 final in a CW xmtr. I don't know that I'd say it's more fun now, but it sure is different. 73, Ron AC7AC __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
On 12/6/2012 7:53 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: In my teens, freshly licensed, I had a Heath DX20 and a Hallicrafters S38D. The highlight of my first few months was working a guy 2000 miles away on a 60-W-lamp dummy load and 6' of leaky RG58. I later upgraded to a Heath HW-16 and had a blast. About a dozen years ago, I inherited an SX-28 in very pristine shape from the estate of Woody, W6ANX. I had one as a teen. For quite awhile, it held down a counter in the shack against gravity outages. I finally decided to enter an NAQP CW 40m using it and my old 40m ARC-5 still in the basement [Heath HP-23 power supply]. Results were mixed. I managed to get shocked off the straight key several times [forgot about cathode keying], I discovered that operating in a 21st century contest with a straight key, pencil, and paper was a lot less fun than I had imagined it would be, and, after perhaps two hours, and 3 dozen reports of key clicks, I decided I'd adequately punched my nostalgia card and reverted to my brand new K3. I had a great time as a teenager with makeshift equipment, but of course I didn't know then what it would be like in 2010. And apparently, aging my ARC-5 in the basement for 55 years did not mellow the key clicks either. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
I thought everyone knew about 100-watt light bulbs. Back in my Novice days about 50 years ago, it seemed that all of my other Novice friends all used 100-watt light bulbs as a dummy load for test & tune-up. And, we got used to the idea of hearing each other in the area because we all operated with the around the same frequency cut crystals so we often all ended up on the same spot on 40 meters. When I was a Novice, 40 meters was the only band I worked since those were the only crystals I had. And, I am not an old-timer. An old-timer is always someone older than me -- Always! 73, phil, K7PEH On Dec 7, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Robert G. Strickland wrote: > Wayne... > > Another demo of the well known fact that a 50-100w light bulb load with > filament aligned with the correct magnetic field declination for the > particular QTH will entrain polar field ions and function as a 4-el > monobander. People are always forgetting this effect and spending money on > big yagis, trying to recapture the light bulb ion effect. Old timers are > useful for keeping this type of info available for new hams. > > ...robert > > On 12/7/2012 03:53, Wayne Burdick wrote: > >> In my teens, freshly licensed, I had a Heath DX20 and a Hallicrafters S38D. >> The >> highlight of my first few months was working a guy 2000 miles away on a >> 60-W-lamp >> dummy load and 6' of leaky RG58. I later upgraded to a Heath HW-16 and had a >> blast. >> > >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> > > -- > Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY > rc...@verizon.net > Syracuse, New York, USA > __ > 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Wayne... Another demo of the well known fact that a 50-100w light bulb load with filament aligned with the correct magnetic field declination for the particular QTH will entrain polar field ions and function as a 4-el monobander. People are always forgetting this effect and spending money on big yagis, trying to recapture the light bulb ion effect. Old timers are useful for keeping this type of info available for new hams. ...robert On 12/7/2012 03:53, Wayne Burdick wrote: In my teens, freshly licensed, I had a Heath DX20 and a Hallicrafters S38D. The highlight of my first few months was working a guy 2000 miles away on a 60-W-lamp dummy load and 6' of leaky RG58. I later upgraded to a Heath HW-16 and had a blast. 73, Wayne N6KR -- Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net Syracuse, New York, USA __ 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
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Robert G. Strickland wrote: ...it'll be all Elecraft here, something I never dreamed would happen back in my teens with my Heathkit DX20... In my teens, freshly licensed, I had a Heath DX20 and a Hallicrafters S38D. The highlight of my first few months was working a guy 2000 miles away on a 60-W-lamp dummy load and 6' of leaky RG58. I later upgraded to a Heath HW-16 and had a blast. My neighbor (who I met because he copied my callsign off his TV screen) had a state-of-the-art 1972-era station. What I wouldn't give to travel back in time and give him a demo of the K-line :) 73, Wayne N6KR __ 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] Are you satisfied with your K3?
raft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:33:46 -0500 From: Tom McCulloch To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: IDIOM PRESS Message-ID: <50c0bada.4020...@att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Before Eric tells us to stop this thread, am I to understand that this guy has everyone's money while they are awaiting delivery??? Tom wb2qdg k2 1103 On 12/5/2012 8:22 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > Yes but he has products that no one else has at prices that can't be > beat. I usually catch him on skype is the best way Bob's a goo9d guy > and "always" treated me fair. > > Fred/N0AZZ > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Barry > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 6:45 AM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: IDIOM PRESS > > Tired direct email, but Nabble giving me a "missing domain" error. > Hmm... > > Anyway, here's what I tried to send privately: > > If you ordered a keyer, consider the Island Keyer II instead. It has > more features, memory, and is a fraction of the price. More > importantly, service is excellent. I've bought several from him over > the years. > > I needed some help with a CMOS Superkeyer III about 10 years ago and > never got a response to my query. Will never buy from them again. > Pathetic customer service! > > Barry W2UP > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-IDIOM-PRESS-tp7566674p7566708. > html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > __ > 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 > -- Message: 4 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 09:41:01 -0600 From: "Fred Smith" To: "'Bayard Coolidge'" , "'Elecraft'" Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? Message-ID: <00e401cdd3c8$187393c0$495abb40$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I know nothing about future plans but I bet there may very well be a "remote" KAT500 down the road. But this great product( love mine so far) calls out for that version at some point in timeYou could even do it right now with a little work on your own and not really that hard if "you really want it now" like they say on TV. If memory serves me right I think someone on the reflector is/or has done one already. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bayard Coolidge Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 9:21 AM To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? Like many others here, I've been licensed for a long time (close to 45 years), and have had many decent rigs, albeit not necessarily high-end multi-kilobuck ones. Most recently, I was using an Icom IC-746Pro. Clearly, the K3 can run circles around the '746Pro in virtually all respects, and I knew that before I bought my kit late this summer. But, there is one feature that is "missing" (solely in my opinion) - the capability to control an external/remote tuner in the same sort of way that I could control my LDG IT-100 from the '746Pro. My antenna configuration is a bit weird - I'm on a small south Florida home lot, with 24kV power lines running parallel to both the back lot line and one (the east) side lot line, and the XYL wants to maintain "curb appeal". I installed a 20m quarter wave vertical (~16.5 ft high) near the wooden fence on the west side and then ran 40ft of wire northward to a tree branch, and installed some counterpoise wires. Between January and June, I used the IT-100 at the base of the vertical at the feed point, and controlled it from the 'Pro using the AH-4 protocol over some 4 conductor wire.?Band changes were virtually instantaneous, and I was abl
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Nate... I agree with your observation about the panadapter. I went with the LP Pan option [for reasons having nothing to do with the P3], and I can't stop looking at it. I think it's a real weapon in a contest, especially in the S&P mode. There's no tuning and wonder what's around the next knob twist. Just watch the screen and go to the next one. Love it! And, for running, it's easy to pick out a reasonably clear frequency immediately without having to search around. For DXing in a pileup, seeing where the holes in the wall are is very useful. When the KAT500 arrives, it'll be all Elecraft here, something I never dreamed would happen back in my teens with my Heathkit DX20 and Hammerlund 100. There are some benefits to growing old . ...robert On 12/6/2012 01:42, Nate Bargmann wrote: I will second your motion. My K3 is a solid performer after a bit over two years of near daily use including phone and CW along with a smattering of digital modes. I have yet to add the sub receiver since adding the P3 a bit over a year ago. Having the visual element just hasn't gotten old. This past weekend I operated as one of the Union Pacific Railroad 150th anniversary special event operation stations. Most of the afternoon on 20m phone I was using a CM500 headset, which drives the K3 very easily, and the ALS600 amplifier. I received many unsolicited reports of good to excellent audio. I figure that any combination that makes me sound good is a winner in my book. Also, using the K3's VOX is a pleasure, especially with the noise gate enabled. With the 2.1 kHz filter in slot 2 once I use the high cut to take out a group that is 2 kHz below our 75m section nets in the morning, I simply don't hear them and yet the audio fidelity of our net is still very good from my speakers. Perhaps it is my use of the receive equalization to roll off everything above 3 kHz as much as I can and my use of the RF Gain control that I have no fatigue at all listening to my K3. My backside gets tired of the chair long before anything else! Would I buy it again? Absolutely, without hesitation. 73, de Nate, N0NB >> -- Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net Syracuse, New York, USA __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
And to elaborate on this theme, it is my setup on QTH up for trade. It is equal in price with a new FTDX-5000MP, and I am asking for the value of a used MP for it. Separately, I have tried to sell it for what used MPs are going for. I had tried to sell it for that price previously on QTH, and got a lot of flack about the price being too high. Do the math. Unfortunately, some gear retains resale value better than others. I traded a FTDX-9000MP for the K3, P3, KPA-500, power supply, Heil Mic, Mic stand and a Swan 700CX. I based the trade on the published receive specs. I had K3 fever, and was pushing for the best possible receive specs and capabilities. The KPA-500 would offer me 100 watts extra power, and the Pan Adaptor, while showing potential for further development, fell a little short in comparison with the DMU capabilities. The 9000MP was used nearly exclusively for government spectrum in volunteer contingency communications support. Had I asked the correct questions, I would have known before hand that the MARS/CAP software band limits removal routine cut out a fair slice of spectral real estate between 7650 KHz and 10 MHz. Also, 100 percent of my operation on federal spectrum was in nets authorized for mixed mode operations; where digital and voice communications were allowed, and it was expected that the operators were capable of operating either mode on command, and both modes within minutes (or less) of each other. Where the K3 excels in CW and Ham Band Dx, it doesn't match up with the operability of an IC-718 in my application. My mistake; no one else's - I just never thought it possible for the limitations to be present in a rig of that cost and reputation. On top of that, the fellow I traded with claimed it to be perfect in every way, and I had to replace a FET in the low power amplifier to get the power stability and distorted transmit audio problem corrected. The amp went back to Elecraft, after it developed a high reflected power error, even into a dummy load. We live and learn. I had tried to use it with an IC-756 Pro II, and a LDG AT-1000 pro. The results of that combo was a fused antenna relay in the 756 pro and all the magic smoke was driven from the AT-1000 Pro. Fortunately, I was able to isolate the problem in the Icom and replace the relay. LDG made the tuner good, with an updated model; sent to me at no cost. We all need to be careful in our trades with fellow hams.. I hate to admit that.. Where the features and operability of the K3 may have been a bit less than I was expecting, the Elecraft Customer Service was a far more pleasant experience. Howard was able to point out the exact failed component over the phone after a few trouble shooting procedures. He was patient, informative, and well versed on the product. When the replacement FET that I ordered from Elecraft arrived, and was replaced, a phone call netted more patient responses from Howard as I set the Bias on all three of the FETs on the LPA Board. When I sent the KPA-500 in for repair, the turn around was extremely quick, and the cost was certainly fair for the work done,. No complaints at all about how Elecraft supports their product. All in all, I wish I hadn't ever let the FTDX-9000MP go, and wish I could recover enough to get a FTDX-9000D and only lose 200 watts over the deal. I am still hopeful I could possibly recover enough to get a used FTDX-5000MP, (lose 3 micro tune modules, true second receiver, the DMU, TFT screen, and 200 Watts). If no hope of either of those possibilities, I will know that I at least tried to recover the value of a used setup when compared with a used setup of another manufacture, where both carried the same retail price and age. But, FWIW, it is all on me. No one forced me to keep trying to build the best station for my type of operations. I have done some reconsidering, and will be moving away somewhat from the contingency communications volunteer operations, and devote some time to other endeavors. It is one of those situations where you really wanted to do the best possible job that your equipment would allow, and just got too close to the abyss. I could have done worse, I suppose. There is still a lot that can be done with the setup in the environment that it was ultimately designed for. The shortcomings were in my expectations, not the equipment. I maintain a presence here, as the firmware is evolving, and I have already seen improvement in the capabilities after less than 2 months of ownership; by firmware evolution alone. I only threw away the bath water; I kept the baby. David KD4NUE -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.xxx.xxx On Behalf Of Fred Smith Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 6:48 AM To: elecr...@mailman.xxx.xxx Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? I think it was fair question there are people who sell their K3's and other Elecraft equipment to buy other rad
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
I originally bought a K3 as a backup radio for my IC-7800. I admit to liking the 7800 a lot; it is an excellent radio; but I liked my K3 so much more, especially the diversity reception on different antennas on the low bands, that I sold the 7800, bought a second K3, a P3 with the SVGA adapter, and am more than pleased with my decision. I have since added a KPA500 and KAT500 to the lineup. I use my IC-PW1 as an amplifier for one of the K3. Now I am addicted and have added a KX3 for my portable ops, and love it too. For me, the K3 is hands down the best radio I have ever owned, and I have been a ham since 1957, operating home brew, kits of various sorts, Collins S-Line and KWM-2a, Drake, and so on. The only down side for me is that some of my MARS operation is frequency limited by the gap in transmit coverage above the top of the 40 M band. I suspect this is due to the I.F. and choice of conversion schemes, but if that's the price to get the performance I enjoy so much, I accept it. I can always use one of my lesser transceivers for the MARS work when I bump into that limitation. Thanks Elecraft for keeping the dream alive. 73 de Dave, W5SV / NNN0SLA __ 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
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I don't think so. Seems that they got out of the amateur radio business some time ago. But, I did find this for spare parts from Drake, I suppose: http://www.scribd.com/doc/42156044/Drake-Partlist 73 ... Jim K8CXM -- From: "Jim Lowman" Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 1:38 PM To: Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? Jim, Drake still offers service? Just curious. I have an R-4C/T-4XC, TR-4C and a pair of 2-Bs. 73 and Happy Holidays to you! de Jim - AD6CW On 12/6/2012 6:41 AM, k8...@fuse.net wrote: Easily the best radio I have ever owned, and I've had a few in my 50+ years of ham life. My last five have been 2 different TS-450SAT's (great radio for it's day), a TS-2000 (misunderstood, but also a fine radio) and an Icom IC-756 Pro 3 (very disappointing). Of course, number 5 is my K3. I also have an FT-857D as backup and for UHF (pretty good radio). Prior to all of these I've had 2 different Drake lines as well as TR3, TR4 in it's various reincarnations. The Drakes will also be fondly remembered. Great gear, and Miamisburg is only 30 miles north of here. Easy to drive the Drake radios up for service. But, IMO, the Elecraft K3 is by far, superior to any of the above. It will be hard to beat in the future. I do think the K3 will be my last radio. Time marches on and me along with it. 73 ... and Happy Holidays... Jim ... K8CXM __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
In a word: Yes! Its everything I looked for and more. And I am very picky. It just works. Im am confident opening up my $3000 radio and/or $2000 amp and work on them because I built them from a box of parts! And that was fun, too! Plus: everything my 7800/7700 and FT5k owning friends with bigger antennas than mine can hear and work, I can hear and work at less than half the price. My wife and kids like that. And finally, it wont collapse my op table like the Icoms would. My chiropractor hates Eric and Wayne, however. My back is much better since I dont have to move 80lb radios around. Lu Romero - W4LT K3/KRX3/P3/KPA500/K1 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Hi, This thread is getting rather long and drifting off the original topic, but I'll risk these comments anyway. My to-be remote (2nd) KAT500 is on a brown truck somewhere in the Syracuse, NY area "out for delivery" as stated by the tracking site. I have already proved feasibility of remote controlling my 1st one over 100' of CAT6 cable using an Ethernet serial server by B&B. Initially I will run a 115V extension cord out to the little plastic house that has protected an MFJ indoor autotuner for more than 3 years. Eventually I am hoping to run a low voltage link (maybe 24V) over the speaker wire that's already in the ground feeding the 12V DC for the MFJ. Low winter emperature has never had much of an effect on the MFJ and I am hoping the KAT500 will tolerate it well, too. AB2TC - Knut Fred Smith wrote > I know nothing about future plans but I bet there may very well be a > "remote" KAT500 down the road. But this great product( love mine so far) > calls out for that version at some point in timeYou could even do > it > right now with a little work on your own and not really that hard if "you > really want it now" like they say on TV. > > If memory serves me right I think someone on the reflector is/or has done > one already. > > 73, > Fred/N0AZZ > > -Original Message- > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Are-you-satisfied-with-your-K3-tp7566726p7566799.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
I know nothing about future plans but I bet there may very well be a "remote" KAT500 down the road. But this great product( love mine so far) calls out for that version at some point in timeYou could even do it right now with a little work on your own and not really that hard if "you really want it now" like they say on TV. If memory serves me right I think someone on the reflector is/or has done one already. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bayard Coolidge Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 9:21 AM To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? Like many others here, I've been licensed for a long time (close to 45 years), and have had many decent rigs, albeit not necessarily high-end multi-kilobuck ones. Most recently, I was using an Icom IC-746Pro. Clearly, the K3 can run circles around the '746Pro in virtually all respects, and I knew that before I bought my kit late this summer. But, there is one feature that is "missing" (solely in my opinion) - the capability to control an external/remote tuner in the same sort of way that I could control my LDG IT-100 from the '746Pro. My antenna configuration is a bit weird - I'm on a small south Florida home lot, with 24kV power lines running parallel to both the back lot line and one (the east) side lot line, and the XYL wants to maintain "curb appeal". I installed a 20m quarter wave vertical (~16.5 ft high) near the wooden fence on the west side and then ran 40ft of wire northward to a tree branch, and installed some counterpoise wires. Between January and June, I used the IT-100 at the base of the vertical at the feed point, and controlled it from the 'Pro using the AH-4 protocol over some 4 conductor wire. Band changes were virtually instantaneous, and I was able to work a surprising amount of DX. With the K3, I'm having to tune the antenna system (antenna plus about 50 feet of RG8X) at the rig in the shack. I'm a bit squeamish about this - it seems to be working OK, the internal tuner in the K3 is nice and fast, but I still wonder how efficient it is compared to Pro/IT-100 configuration. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to gather definitive data to support or refute my qualms, but my sense is that, on some frequencies, there's a really nasty looking impedance presented at the back of the rig. I realize that Wayne and the rest of the design crew had to make some engineering design decisions, but I'm thinking it would be real interesting if they could concoct a solution entailing replacing the KAT3 with some sort of small interface/controller, which would then "talk" to a remote version of the KAT3 tuner itself over a cable, in the same vein as (but not necessarily using) the AH-4 hardware/signaling protocol. This way, I could hit the 'ATU TUNE' button, which would drop the K3/100 to low power, have the tuner do its thing but at the antenna feed point, and then return the rig to full power and ready to operate. Yes, I know that they have bigger fish to fry at this point! Overall, though, I'm delighted with my K3/100 and am still learning about all of its features and how best to use them. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Like many others here, I've been licensed for a long time (close to 45 years), and have had many decent rigs, albeit not necessarily high-end multi-kilobuck ones. Most recently, I was using an Icom IC-746Pro. Clearly, the K3 can run circles around the '746Pro in virtually all respects, and I knew that before I bought my kit late this summer. But, there is one feature that is "missing" (solely in my opinion) - the capability to control an external/remote tuner in the same sort of way that I could control my LDG IT-100 from the '746Pro. My antenna configuration is a bit weird - I'm on a small south Florida home lot, with 24kV power lines running parallel to both the back lot line and one (the east) side lot line, and the XYL wants to maintain "curb appeal". I installed a 20m quarter wave vertical (~16.5 ft high) near the wooden fence on the west side and then ran 40ft of wire northward to a tree branch, and installed some counterpoise wires. Between January and June, I used the IT-100 at the base of the vertical at the feed point, and controlled it from the 'Pro using the AH-4 protocol over some 4 conductor wire. Band changes were virtually instantaneous, and I was able to work a surprising amount of DX. With the K3, I'm having to tune the antenna system (antenna plus about 50 feet of RG8X) at the rig in the shack. I'm a bit squeamish about this - it seems to be working OK, the internal tuner in the K3 is nice and fast, but I still wonder how efficient it is compared to Pro/IT-100 configuration. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to gather definitive data to support or refute my qualms, but my sense is that, on some frequencies, there's a really nasty looking impedance presented at the back of the rig. I realize that Wayne and the rest of the design crew had to make some engineering design decisions, but I'm thinking it would be real interesting if they could concoct a solution entailing replacing the KAT3 with some sort of small interface/controller, which would then "talk" to a remote version of the KAT3 tuner itself over a cable, in the same vein as (but not necessarily using) the AH-4 hardware/signaling protocol. This way, I could hit the 'ATU TUNE' button, which would drop the K3/100 to low power, have the tuner do its thing but at the antenna feed point, and then return the rig to full power and ready to operate. Yes, I know that they have bigger fish to fry at this point! Overall, though, I'm delighted with my K3/100 and am still learning about all of its features and how best to use them. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Easily the best radio I have ever owned, and I've had a few in my 50+ years of ham life. My last five have been 2 different TS-450SAT's (great radio for it's day), a TS-2000 (misunderstood, but also a fine radio) and an Icom IC-756 Pro 3 (very disappointing). Of course, number 5 is my K3. I also have an FT-857D as backup and for UHF (pretty good radio). Prior to all of these I've had 2 different Drake lines as well as TR3, TR4 in it's various reincarnations. The Drakes will also be fondly remembered. Great gear, and Miamisburg is only 30 miles north of here. Easy to drive the Drake radios up for service. But, IMO, the Elecraft K3 is by far, superior to any of the above. It will be hard to beat in the future. I do think the K3 will be my last radio. Time marches on and me along with it. 73 ... and Happy Holidays... Jim ... K8CXM -- From: "wa5pok" Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 8:24 PM To: Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? I AM As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever used - and the list is over fifty years long. The settings I use were posted here several days ago. They are directed towards armchair copy use - I doubt if they would do much to enhance a DXer's or contester's use. YES! Best rig I have ever had! The Collins, Drake are loads of fun to tinker with these days but for DXing and light contesting ... I have had nothing better than the K3. My old FT1000 served me well but the K3, I could not be more pleased! 73, Mike WA5POK __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
I AM As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever used - and the list is over fifty years long. The settings I use were posted here several days ago. They are directed towards armchair copy use - I doubt if they would do much to enhance a DXer's or contester's use. YES! Best rig I have ever had! The Collins, Drake are loads of fun to tinker with these days but for DXing and light contesting ... I have had nothing better than the K3. My old FT1000 served me well but the K3, I could not be more pleased! 73, Mike WA5POK __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Dave A statement that I have been making for a very long time for the same reasons as you "There is NO perfect radio nor will there Ever Be one" many have made exception to my statement. Here at least several times and on the FTDX-5000 reflector I lost count. Now if people could just bring themselves to realize this is the truth a lot more could be discussed at times. Thank You! Fred/N0AZZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dyarnes Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:33 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? Hi All, Obviously most of the responders here are either K3 owners, or K3 potential owners, who have experienced the quality of this radio. So, am I totally satisfied? No! Am I reasonably satisfied? Absolutely! The K3 is a wonderful radio, and something all of us who own one can be very proud of having. However, it is not the "perfect" radio, nor will it ever be such. But then, again, I never expected it to be the perfect radio! I don't care how much money you spend, you will never own the perfect radio. No radio will ever have the complete (or even nearly complete) compliment of features and performance that we seek. If that were possible, then most, or all, companies would go out of business! More importantly, it just isn't achievable. I don't care how many features you put in the K3, or any other radio, someone will have an issue--or ten issues! What Elecraft achieved with the K3 is a top quality radio at a greatly reduced cost. That's extremely significant! The K3 is NOT the perfect radio for everyone, but it is the perfect radio for most of us. There are too many variables, and personal preferences, to satisfy the entire ham community. Many of the shortcomings are well founded, but not necessarily reasonable, for all that many users. I see all this Sturm und Drang" about this feature or that feature, and I have to wonder whether or not it really matters! Performance wise the K3 is near the absolute top end. Ergonomically, it also is near the top. Nonetheless, some folks are not happy, and never would be, with something specifically designed along the line of the K3. To those folks I simply say "go ahead" and buy whatever better meets your wants and desires. However, you won't achieve much, if any, improvement in performance. If you can detect a significantly better performing radio, then your ear is much better than mine. Elecraft has an incredible advantage over other manufacturers because they have a support team that is second to none. If you have a problem, they will fix it--one way or another!!! Other manufacturers will somewhat similarly "fix your radio", but not necessarily to the extent of making it better than it was when you bought it. Elecraft will "fix it", and it all probability make it even better! Some features are lacking in the K3, and some are very significant. However, just about everything that could be crammed into the K3 has been. If it isn't there now, it very well may be with software upgrades. No other manufacturer is so dedicated to keeping their "top line" radio so forward capable. Even though other manufacturers have adopted the "firmware upgrade" capability, nobody is doing more with that capability than Elecraft! Pure fact! If the K3 doesn't meet your expectations, sell it! I seriously doubt you will replace it without spending a great deal more. You won't gain much, if anything, in performance, but you might get something that "fits you" more appropriately. If your problem with the K3 was a specific performance attribute, then possibly you will solve that, but somewhere there will be some compromise! Right now I don't anticipate ever needing more than what the K3 provides me. That feeling may change, but I would bet large amounts of money that it will take a very serious "up scaling" cost wise to achieve that. In the meantime, so many of the "deficiencies" in the K3 are being addressed by software upgrades, I can't imagine why I would become less convinced that I now have the right radio. Who else is doing so much to achieve perfection than Elecraft? They won't get there, but they keep trying All you need to do, to truly see the value of a K3, is to compare features and cost. If another manufacturer gets closer to your wants and needs, by all means go for it! Somehow, though, I think you would be part of a very small minority. The K3 was too well planned, and too well designed to be easily outdone. Yes, something will come along that exceeds it, but not anytime soon. When that happens, will it be enough better to justify my switching? I doubt it. Either the cost, or the m
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
I think it was fair question there are people who sell their K3's and other Elecraft equipment to buy other radios. There is one on QTH.COM right now wanting to trade his K3, P3, KAT500 for an FTDX-5000MP. I do see them for sale all the time and always check to see the price and call on them if there is a phone number. One of my first asked questions is why do you want to get rid of the radio, you might be surprised at some of the answers. I'm always looking for a deal on any Elecraft gear I don't have or my friends might want. Many of those selling are for a single reason they want a full size radio, where I wanted to downsize and still have a SO2R setup. Elecraft can't be beat for that, now if they would just bring out a legal limit ++ amp I would need 2 of those. I went from several different brands of radios down to 4 now including my Elecraft as my "Main" HF gear and a Kenwood in the mobile for another. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dr. William J. Schmidt, II Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 11:33 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? Seriously? Asking this qustion of the "K3 Reflector" is like asking a drug addict if he likes drugs... or a drunk if he likes booze... I suppose that is as obvious as the question is. Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch Staunton, Illinois email: b...@wjschmidt.com __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Seriously? Asking this qustion of the "K3 Reflector" is like asking a drug addict if he likes drugs... or a drunk if he likes booze... I suppose that is as obvious as the question is. Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch Staunton, Illinois email: b...@wjschmidt.com __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Hi All, Obviously most of the responders here are either K3 owners, or K3 potential owners, who have experienced the quality of this radio. So, am I totally satisfied? No! Am I reasonably satisfied? Absolutely! The K3 is a wonderful radio, and something all of us who own one can be very proud of having. However, it is not the "perfect" radio, nor will it ever be such. But then, again, I never expected it to be the perfect radio! I don't care how much money you spend, you will never own the perfect radio. No radio will ever have the complete (or even nearly complete) compliment of features and performance that we seek. If that were possible, then most, or all, companies would go out of business! More importantly, it just isn't achievable. I don't care how many features you put in the K3, or any other radio, someone will have an issue--or ten issues! What Elecraft achieved with the K3 is a top quality radio at a greatly reduced cost. That's extremely significant! The K3 is NOT the perfect radio for everyone, but it is the perfect radio for most of us. There are too many variables, and personal preferences, to satisfy the entire ham community. Many of the shortcomings are well founded, but not necessarily reasonable, for all that many users. I see all this Sturm und Drang" about this feature or that feature, and I have to wonder whether or not it really matters! Performance wise the K3 is near the absolute top end. Ergonomically, it also is near the top. Nonetheless, some folks are not happy, and never would be, with something specifically designed along the line of the K3. To those folks I simply say "go ahead" and buy whatever better meets your wants and desires. However, you won't achieve much, if any, improvement in performance. If you can detect a significantly better performing radio, then your ear is much better than mine. Elecraft has an incredible advantage over other manufacturers because they have a support team that is second to none. If you have a problem, they will fix it--one way or another!!! Other manufacturers will somewhat similarly "fix your radio", but not necessarily to the extent of making it better than it was when you bought it. Elecraft will "fix it", and it all probability make it even better! Some features are lacking in the K3, and some are very significant. However, just about everything that could be crammed into the K3 has been. If it isn't there now, it very well may be with software upgrades. No other manufacturer is so dedicated to keeping their "top line" radio so forward capable. Even though other manufacturers have adopted the "firmware upgrade" capability, nobody is doing more with that capability than Elecraft! Pure fact! If the K3 doesn't meet your expectations, sell it! I seriously doubt you will replace it without spending a great deal more. You won't gain much, if anything, in performance, but you might get something that "fits you" more appropriately. If your problem with the K3 was a specific performance attribute, then possibly you will solve that, but somewhere there will be some compromise! Right now I don't anticipate ever needing more than what the K3 provides me. That feeling may change, but I would bet large amounts of money that it will take a very serious "up scaling" cost wise to achieve that. In the meantime, so many of the "deficiencies" in the K3 are being addressed by software upgrades, I can't imagine why I would become less convinced that I now have the right radio. Who else is doing so much to achieve perfection than Elecraft? They won't get there, but they keep trying All you need to do, to truly see the value of a K3, is to compare features and cost. If another manufacturer gets closer to your wants and needs, by all means go for it! Somehow, though, I think you would be part of a very small minority. The K3 was too well planned, and too well designed to be easily outdone. Yes, something will come along that exceeds it, but not anytime soon. When that happens, will it be enough better to justify my switching? I doubt it. Either the cost, or the marginal improvement will probably make that be unnecessary. Unless I do something stupid, and blow up my K3, I'm probably set for a very long time! Dave W7AQK __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Short answer: Yes, it is my Dream Machine. Having owned a K2 since 2003 or so, I put in an order for K3 #24 while Elecraft was in Visalia, 2007 (April or May). K3/10 #24, as a kit, arrived in October, 2007. As far as I know #24 was the first or second kit off the line. I worked CQ WW using SSB and 10W right away. Nine new countries for W6NIA right off the bat. To make sure credit goes where it should, the receiver was so solid that I could hear a lot of the low-level DX the big guns weren't copying. Most of it was in between, where the K3 excels. My XYL gets the best friend award here, but the K3 would run a real close second. It's fully loaded now, SubRX and a buncha filters, every add-on available except for the PR-6. All mods are up to date too. I wouldn't have it any other way. Like another later poster, my list of rigs runs on from about 1973 to present. About forty years. As far as I'm concerned the K3 is the best value proposition in the HF Amateur Radio industry, historically and present-day. There is a lot more here about the high quality of tech and customer support, and Elecraft's is legendary in our community (almost unhead of across several consumer product sectors that I know well, also). But this is very well known by now, and even newbies are aware that if they buy their first rig from Elecraft they will have support that no other manufacturer can possibly match. 73, matt zilmer W6NIA K3 #24, P3 #14, KX3 #6, etc. On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:25:08 -0500, you wrote: >I AM As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever >used - and the list is over fifty years long. The settings I use were >posted here several days ago. They are directed towards armchair copy >use - I doubt if they would do much to enhance a DXer's or contester's use. > >I have posted a lot of questions, complaints, and barbs regarding my K3 >- which I built in February of this year. However, with the posts and >emails I received (that were constructive in nature), I gained enough >knowledge about the K3 and its menus, to send me in the right direction >to correct what I perceive as K3 deficiencies. > >Along the way, I have found the Cady Manual to be top notch and totally >necessary for understanding the K3. I keep a file of posts made here and >on the Yahoo Group that have been informative. > >I make all my settings the "hard" way using the K3 menus, as I have >experienced failures when making changes via K3 EZ (possibly related to >Win7). > >Anyway, the long and short is that I am now very pleased with my K3 - it >is a keeper. > >Bill W2BLC > > >__ >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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
I will second your motion. My K3 is a solid performer after a bit over two years of near daily use including phone and CW along with a smattering of digital modes. I have yet to add the sub receiver since adding the P3 a bit over a year ago. Having the visual element just hasn't gotten old. This past weekend I operated as one of the Union Pacific Railroad 150th anniversary special event operation stations. Most of the afternoon on 20m phone I was using a CM500 headset, which drives the K3 very easily, and the ALS600 amplifier. I received many unsolicited reports of good to excellent audio. I figure that any combination that makes me sound good is a winner in my book. Also, using the K3's VOX is a pleasure, especially with the noise gate enabled. With the 2.1 kHz filter in slot 2 once I use the high cut to take out a group that is 2 kHz below our 75m section nets in the morning, I simply don't hear them and yet the audio fidelity of our net is still very good from my speakers. Perhaps it is my use of the receive equalization to roll off everything above 3 kHz as much as I can and my use of the RF Gain control that I have no fatigue at all listening to my K3. My backside gets tired of the chair long before anything else! Would I buy it again? Absolutely, without hesitation. 73, de Nate, N0NB >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Completely satisfied here. More radio than I can use by far. Can't imagine investigating another buy. On 12/5/2012 19:25, Bill Clarke wrote: I AM As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever used - and the list is over fifty years long. The settings I use were posted here several days ago. They are directed towards armchair copy use - I doubt if they would do much to enhance a DXer's or contester's use. I have posted a lot of questions, complaints, and barbs regarding my K3 - which I built in February of this year. However, with the posts and emails I received (that were constructive in nature), I gained enough knowledge about the K3 and its menus, to send me in the right direction to correct what I perceive as K3 deficiencies. Along the way, I have found the Cady Manual to be top notch and totally necessary for understanding the K3. I keep a file of posts made here and on the Yahoo Group that have been informative. I make all my settings the "hard" way using the K3 menus, as I have experienced failures when making changes via K3 EZ (possibly related to Win7). Anyway, the long and short is that I am now very pleased with my K3 - it is a keeper. Bill W2BLC __ 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 -- Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net Syracuse, New York, USA __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
>I AM As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever used - > and the list is over fifty years long Me too, over a similar time period. I was uncertain until I did the DSP upgrade, and installed 4.51. So I just sold my 'backup' FT-1k Mk.V. And my Super-Cmos III keyer from Idion Press is the best keyer I've ever used. Ralph, VE7XF __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Bill Win7 is "not" the problem. I have found it is usually operator malfunction in my case 8>) Fred/N0AZZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Clarke Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 1:25 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? I AM As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever used - and the list is over fifty years long. The settings I use were posted here several days ago. They are directed towards armchair copy use - I doubt if they would do much to enhance a DXer's or contester's use. I have posted a lot of questions, complaints, and barbs regarding my K3 - which I built in February of this year. However, with the posts and emails I received (that were constructive in nature), I gained enough knowledge about the K3 and its menus, to send me in the right direction to correct what I perceive as K3 deficiencies. Along the way, I have found the Cady Manual to be top notch and totally necessary for understanding the K3. I keep a file of posts made here and on the Yahoo Group that have been informative. I make all my settings the "hard" way using the K3 menus, as I have experienced failures when making changes via K3 EZ (possibly related to Win7). Anyway, the long and short is that I am now very pleased with my K3 - it is a keeper. Bill W2BLC __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
I am doing cartwheels in my mind at work. That is how happy i am with my two K3s. Totally stoked with them!!! Keith AK6ZZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Dec 5, 2012, at 11:34 AM, k4...@aol.com wrote: > Ditto here too! > > 73, > Henry - K4TMC > K3/100 #98 > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Bill Clarke > To: elecraft > Sent: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 2:25 pm > Subject: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? > > > I AM As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever > used - and the list is over fifty years long. The settings I use were > posted here several days ago. They are directed towards armchair copy > use - I doubt if they would do much to enhance a DXer's or contester's use. > > I have posted a lot of questions, complaints, and barbs regarding my K3 > - which I built in February of this year. However, with the posts and > emails I received (that were constructive in nature), I gained enough > knowledge about the K3 and its menus, to send me in the right direction > to correct what I perceive as K3 deficiencies. > > Along the way, I have found the Cady Manual to be top notch and totally > necessary for understanding the K3. I keep a file of posts made here and > on the Yahoo Group that have been informative. > > I make all my settings the "hard" way using the K3 menus, as I have > experienced failures when making changes via K3 EZ (possibly related to > Win7). > > Anyway, the long and short is that I am now very pleased with my K3 - it > is a keeper. > > Bill W2BLC > > > __ > 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
Re: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3?
Ditto here too! 73, Henry - K4TMC K3/100 #98 -Original Message- From: Bill Clarke To: elecraft Sent: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 2:25 pm Subject: [Elecraft] Are you satisfied with your K3? I AM As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever used - and the list is over fifty years long. The settings I use were posted here several days ago. They are directed towards armchair copy use - I doubt if they would do much to enhance a DXer's or contester's use. I have posted a lot of questions, complaints, and barbs regarding my K3 - which I built in February of this year. However, with the posts and emails I received (that were constructive in nature), I gained enough knowledge about the K3 and its menus, to send me in the right direction to correct what I perceive as K3 deficiencies. Along the way, I have found the Cady Manual to be top notch and totally necessary for understanding the K3. I keep a file of posts made here and on the Yahoo Group that have been informative. I make all my settings the "hard" way using the K3 menus, as I have experienced failures when making changes via K3 EZ (possibly related to Win7). Anyway, the long and short is that I am now very pleased with my K3 - it is a keeper. Bill W2BLC __ 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] Are you satisfied with your K3?
I AM As my K3 operates today, it is the best receiver I have ever used - and the list is over fifty years long. The settings I use were posted here several days ago. They are directed towards armchair copy use - I doubt if they would do much to enhance a DXer's or contester's use. I have posted a lot of questions, complaints, and barbs regarding my K3 - which I built in February of this year. However, with the posts and emails I received (that were constructive in nature), I gained enough knowledge about the K3 and its menus, to send me in the right direction to correct what I perceive as K3 deficiencies. Along the way, I have found the Cady Manual to be top notch and totally necessary for understanding the K3. I keep a file of posts made here and on the Yahoo Group that have been informative. I make all my settings the "hard" way using the K3 menus, as I have experienced failures when making changes via K3 EZ (possibly related to Win7). Anyway, the long and short is that I am now very pleased with my K3 - it is a keeper. Bill W2BLC __ 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
