Portable Fit: K3 versus K2

[Eric Manning]

Yes, the K3 is light and rugged. On the other hand, it doesn't run on a
built-in battery.

I did a "light-weight" one-person DXpedition to  Bangladesh.  Mains
power on St Martin's Island [on the Bay of Bengal]
was a generator which ran only a few hours per day. So, the built-in
battery of the K2 allowed me to operate
long hours, and recharge from the generator while I was asleep.

The entire rig including battery chargers, key and mike
fir nicely into a small hardshell case the size of a laptop bag - cabin
baggage - and the Sigma 5 centre-fed vertical [which worked fb  on the beach
near the salt water] went into a sports bag which went as  checked
baggage. I used an early Sony palmtop [netbook-like] for logging.

eric VA7DZ
K3 3620
K2 XXX

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[John Harper AE5X]

eric.manning at engr.uvic.ca said:>Yes, the K3 is light and rugged. You're
half right - it's light.

John Harper AE5X





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[Grant Youngman]

You want "rugged", buy a BC-312.  I'll take light :-)

Grant/NQ5T


On May 10, 2010, at 12:38 PM, John Harper wrote:

> eric.manning at engr.uvic.ca said:>Yes, the K3 is light and rugged. You're
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[n7ws]

I still have the BC-342 I started SWLing with in 1955.



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You want "rugged", buy a BC-312.  I'll take light :-)

Grant/NQ5T





     
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[Ignacy]

I have both K2 and K3.

K2 has traveled around the world and never a problem. It is my choice for CW and it is OK for noncompetitive SSB especially when conditions are good.

K3 had a few issues but its excellent speech processor plus EQ makes K3 a standout in SSB TX. Not being heard is a major problem when portable.

Ignacy