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K3 the greatest

Greenacres113
It  depends on your perspective. This is my 50th ham yr. & my 2 wk.  anniverary with the K3. It's the best receiver I've used. I think as the Mustang car changed that world the TS 520 & the FT 101 did theirs. The 1st average guy transceivers that ran forever & were affordable. The Collins line was great but way beyond the average hams budget. The Drake twins & TR4 were at the top of  that class too. For the roll your own guys Heath changed everything. There are thousands of SB200s & SB220s still plowing the way today. I think the K3 & Elecraft will be  game changers too.It's history is to  be written yet. The test of time is the final judge.

k9il

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Re: K3 the greatest

Greg-10

I am amazed that no one mentioned Signal/One CX-7 A & B.  What a marvelous radio that had all the bells and whistles for its time.  Imagine a nixie tube digital read-out…fantastic speech processor ( when adjusted correctly) and all solid state except for the final in the 70’s.  73 de Greg-N4CC

 


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It  depends on your perspective. This is my 50th ham yr. & my 2 wk.  anniverary with the K3. It's the best receiver I've used. I think as the Mustang car changed that world the TS 520 & the FT 101 did theirs. The 1st average guy transceivers that ran forever & were affordable. The Collins line was great but way beyond the average hams budget. The Drake twins & TR4 were at the top of  that class too. For the roll your own guys Heath changed everything. There are thousands of SB200s & SB220s still plowing the way today. I think the K3 & Elecraft will be  game changers too.It's history is to  be written yet. The test of time is the final judge.

k9il


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