Price Comparison and Comment

I am sure many of you have done this already....but it is interesting to me....and I thought I would share
   
  1.  FTDX9000 Contest              $5699 (no extras)
  2.  Orion II                               $4395
  3.  K3                                     $3436 (Includes 5 filters)
  4.  FT2000D                            $3399
  5  Omni VII                             $3050 (with two filters)
  6  IC756PROIII                        $2999
   
  No coupons were added or any reduction of price for this small study of price.
   
  As I see if, you just save $330 from putting it together.  HMMMMM.  That kind of makes he happy and sad.  I had the fun of building the K2...but that doesn't seem worth it to build a K3.  Of course, I could be (and usually am) wrong in my thinking here.
   
  Lee
  K0WA
   
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[dave.wilburn]

The first time (some years ago) I looked at the K2 as a possible
candidate for space on my desk, I ended up marking it off the list.
When I added up the cost of the features I wanted installed, plus the
requirement to build it (I'm not that fired up about building, but have
enjoyed it more than I thought I would have, and I have re-learned quite
a bit) I felt that it was not worth the cost.  It turns out I was wrong.

Fast forward a few years, and with the rig I did pick up, I find that
what I am wanting to do, and what the rig are capable of doing are
headed in two opposite directions.

As a result, I took another look at available rigs, including rigs other
  than the big three.  As I read more and more about the K2 I found that
it had the features that "I" was looking for, and it would help me get
to the next level in skills and capability that I was looking for.

I do not believe the K2 is for everyone, and as the designers have
stated, it was designed to meet specific goals and excel as a receiver.
  As a result of them meeting their goals, it has become the standard by
which all others are judged.  But as they have stated, it is a comprise.
  It is our job, as informed consumers, to see if the compromises made
(there are compromises in all rigs) meet what our goals and expectations
are for the money we are spending.  In my case, the K2 has done that
admirably as it exceeds the capabilities of many higher priced rigs, in
the areas that I find valuable.

In the back of my mind, as I am finishing up the K2, I was considering
what other rig I would like to have, that would round out the
capabilities of my shack and radio experience.  It would fill in where
compromises were made in the K2.  And along comes the K3.

When I looked at your price list, it appeared you were doing the same
thing I did when I first looked at the K2.  Looking at the price alone.
  For both rigs (K2 and K3), the capabilities of the rig, the skills it
allows the user to develop, the support of the community, the amazing
ability to give feedback to the designers for what we would like to see
in their current and future rigs, and be part of the design process, is
something that cannot be found anywhere else.  Those intangibles, do not
appear on the price list, but they add immense value to Elecraft's
product.  I was not fully aware of all of them when I purchased my K2,
but I have come to treasure them.

I do not know when I will be able to afford the K3.  But I am very
impressed with what I continue to hear and read about it.  I know that
it exceeds all the requirements that I had for "rounding" out my station
and that the "intangibles" will still be there once I save the money up.

Best of luck to you.

David Wilburn
[hidden email]
K4DGW
K2 #5982


Lee Buller wrote:

> I am sure many of you have done this already....but it is interesting to me....and I thought I would share
>    
>   1.  FTDX9000 Contest              $5699 (no extras)
>   2.  Orion II                               $4395
>   3.  K3                                     $3436 (Includes 5 filters)
>   4.  FT2000D                            $3399
>   5  Omni VII                             $3050 (with two filters)
>   6  IC756PROIII                        $2999
>    
>   No coupons were added or any reduction of price for this small study of price.
>    
>   As I see if, you just save $330 from putting it together.  HMMMMM.  That kind of makes he happy and sad.  I had the fun of building the K2...but that doesn't seem worth it to build a K3.  Of course, I could be (and usually am) wrong in my thinking here.
>    
>   Lee
>   K0WA
>    
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