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Tony Scesny

K2 vs K3

Hi John,

Your post tells a lot about you. The first part is strong in EE and
Programming experience.

The last sentence says that you are a little lite in Ham experience.

Many of "us" on the Elecraft Reflector were raised on the K2. I
guess its been

about 8 years in development. You really need to expand your horizons in

Ham Radio. Buy the K3. Its a no-brainer. There are many, many

horizons that you will never see if you limit yourself to K2. There
are Contests

you will need a second receiver, DVR for recording and playback,
there is

UHF and VHF 6 meters, there is an alphabet soup of DATA modes for which

the K3 excels at and SDR with upgrades that change almost weekly.
I'm sure

there are many experiences that a LOT of us have yet to RTFM to find
out about.

There is a saying here in NEW YORK that goes, "You can't win it if
your not in it".

73's and enjoy the K3 experience.

Tony K2ZLS
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Bob Nielsen-2

Re: K2 vs K3

On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:53 PM, K2ZLS wrote:
> Many of "us" on the Elecraft Reflector were raised on the K2. I
> guess its been about 8 years in development.

More like 10+ years. I recall seeing Eric's presentation on the K2
at the 1999 Cactus Intertie meeting in Tucson.

Bob, N7XY

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Milt -- N5IA

Re: K2 vs K3

Bob's comment is correct. I was at that meeting also, and was absolutely
blown away by the performance in such a small prototype package.

Milt, N5IA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Nielsen" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs K3

>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:53 PM, K2ZLS wrote:
>> Many of "us" on the Elecraft Reflector were raised on the K2. I
>> guess its been about 8 years in development.
>
> More like 10+ years. I recall seeing Eric's presentation on the K2
> at the 1999 Cactus Intertie meeting in Tucson.
>
> Bob, N7XY

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Re: K2 vs K3

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John Jolley

Re: K2 vs K3

So for the discussion about K2 vs K3, I don't know much about either but am
preparing to purchase. Is the K3 portable to any degree? One of the things
that attracted me to the K2 was not only building it but the fact that at
least at low power, it was very portable. Thanks in advance!

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs K3

And they sold quickly from the beginning. My K2, purchased in April of 2000,
is S/N 1289.

At that time they had a 30-day order backlog.

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----

Bob's comment is correct. I was at that meeting also, and was absolutely
blown away by the performance in such a small prototype package.

Milt, N5IA

>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:53 PM, K2ZLS wrote:
>> Many of "us" on the Elecraft Reflector were raised on the K2. I
>> guess its been about 8 years in development.
>
> More like 10+ years. I recall seeing Eric's presentation on the K2
> at the 1999 Cactus Intertie meeting in Tucson.
>
> Bob, N7XY

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n6wg

Re: K2 vs K3

John
The K3 is a very portable QRP radio.
I've used it the past two Field Days with
battery power and my solar panels to keep
the batteries up.
Great field radio.
No feel for the 100w unit on batteries though.
73, Bob N6WG

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Jolley" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs K3

> So for the discussion about K2 vs K3, I don't know much about either but
> am
> preparing to purchase. Is the K3 portable to any degree? One of the
> things
> that attracted me to the K2 was not only building it but the fact that at
> least at low power, it was very portable. Thanks in advance!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:29 AM
> To: 'elecraft List'
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs K3
>
> And they sold quickly from the beginning. My K2, purchased in April of
> 2000,
> is S/N 1289.
>
> At that time they had a 30-day order backlog.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Bob's comment is correct. I was at that meeting also, and was absolutely
> blown away by the performance in such a small prototype package.
>
> Milt, N5IA
>
>
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:53 PM, K2ZLS wrote:
>>> Many of "us" on the Elecraft Reflector were raised on the K2. I
>>> guess its been about 8 years in development.
>>
>> More like 10+ years. I recall seeing Eric's presentation on the K2
>> at the 1999 Cactus Intertie meeting in Tucson.
>>
>> Bob, N7XY
>
>
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WILLIS COOKE

Re: K2 vs K3

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The K3 draws about 1 amp with one receiver, about an amp and one half with two receivers. It draws about 20 amps transmitting 100 watts, 15 amps at 50 watts, 11 amps at 25 watts, and about 3.5 amps at 5 watts. It is very easy to set the power that you want so you don't spend any more battery than you need to. The above readings were taken with the power supply on about 13.8 volts.

It weighs about 8 pounds. It is very portable in my opinion, but you might prefer a KX-1 if you are going to hike the Appalachian Trail with your transceiver and a battery.

Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ

--- On Thu, 3/12/09, John Jolley <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: John Jolley <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs K3
> To: "'elecraft List'" <[hidden email]>
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 4:17 PM
> So for the discussion about K2 vs K3, I don't know much
> about either but am
> preparing to purchase. Is the K3 portable to any degree?
> One of the things
> that attracted me to the K2 was not only building it but
> the fact that at
> least at low power, it was very portable. Thanks in
> advance!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ron
> D'Eau Claire
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:29 AM
> To: 'elecraft List'
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs K3
>
> And they sold quickly from the beginning. My K2, purchased
> in April of 2000,
> is S/N 1289.
>
> At that time they had a 30-day order backlog.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Bob's comment is correct. I was at that meeting also,
> and was absolutely
> blown away by the performance in such a small prototype
> package.
>
> Milt, N5IA
>
>
> >
> > On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:53 PM, K2ZLS wrote:
> >> Many of "us" on the Elecraft
> Reflector were raised on the K2. I
> >> guess its been about 8 years in development.
> >
> > More like 10+ years. I recall seeing Eric's
> presentation on the K2
> > at the 1999 Cactus Intertie meeting in Tucson.
> >
> > Bob, N7XY
>
>
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