[Elecraft] K3 QST March review

2009-02-13 Thread Jeff Wandling W7BRS
It doesn't bother me that the March QST sort of implied it was knocking the K3 off the pillar for the worlds coolest radio. (the SDR review with SDR-500 and K3 near the backpages).. It's not that the ARRL in general would be the best source of such information -- if the Daryll and Daryll

Re: [Elecraft] K3 QST March review

2009-02-13 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
, February 13, 2009 11:55 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 QST March review It doesn't bother me that the March QST sort of implied it was knocking the K3 off the pillar for the worlds coolest radio. (the SDR review with SDR-500 and K3 near the backpages).. It's

Re: [Elecraft] K3 QST March review

2009-02-13 Thread Toby Deinhardt
I'm mostly interested in what upside surprise awaits us in Dayton. What ever it is that Elecraft is going throw down, I'm looking forward to it. Panadapters? KPA800 KPA1500? Something completely different? Oh why did you have to mention this...

Re: [Elecraft] K3 QST March review

2009-02-13 Thread Jeff Wandling W7BRS
Something far more controversial, like a K3 tee shirt! ;) Yer right. Disregard. -- Jeff Wandling DE W7BRS K3 #2105 http://w7brs.com/k3 j...@w7brs.com On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Toby Deinhardt wrote: I'm mostly interested in what upside surprise awaits us in Dayton. What ever it is that

Re: [Elecraft] K3 QST March review

2009-02-13 Thread Bill W4ZV
Jeff Wandling W7BRS-2 wrote: It doesn't bother me that the March QST sort of implied it was knocking the K3 off the pillar for the worlds coolest radio. (the SDR review with SDR-5000 and K3 near the backpages). I don't see how you concluded that. Gene W3ZZ (who owns a K3) is saying

Re: [Elecraft] K3 QST March review

2009-02-13 Thread wayne burdick
Gene W3ZZ (who owns a K3) is saying the two rigs have very comparable RF performance. I might quibble that he omitted BDR in his table but perhaps that's more of an HF issue than VHF (Gene's focus in the VHF column). For both Phase Noise and BDR, the K3 exceeds the 5000 by ~15 dB (not

Re: [Elecraft] K3 QST March review

2009-02-13 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Toby Deinhardt wrote: Panadapters? KPA800 KPA1500? Something completely different? Oh why did you have to mention this... Oh, please! It would be nice to have the K3 working properly with all features implemented first. - Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/