Re: Big box K3

[greenacres113-2]

Being a six footer & able a palm a basketball in my youth I don't find the K3 too crowded. I don't have small hands to say the least. I seem to be able to use the radio just fine. At least in the 18 months I've owned one.
Our  radio club is small. At Field Day we've used two K3s & a K2. No complaints  from the various operators. No big box 50+ lb. radios brought out tho. Too heavy to lug around I guess.
When I contest I log with a laptop. Being an awful typer I watch what I type. For me a P3  I' d move for my best view would be better than having to stare  at the transceiver straight on.
If you ever wanted to  try DXing from a DX location bet you can't drag a 60 lb. radio as a carry on. K3, switcher PS & acc. under 20 lb.s
Being a lefty & only partly ambidexterous my only K3 complaint is the message pad is set for rightys.
Oh well just a small problem.
In my 51 years of hamming I've sat in front of just about everything made. I'm keeping my K3.......
K9IL

PS: Going to be ruff dragging that little KPA 500 around instead of a big box 80 lb. amplifier.

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[Dan Atchison]

 Of the things I thought I'd dislike the most about the K3, it was its size.  Having been a big box user for so many years, I thought I'd never adapt.

Eat those words.  The thing I DO like most about the K3 is its size.  It freed up so much real estate that my shack became much more ergonomic than prior renderings.  

Oh, and what were the other things I thought I'd dislike about the K3?  Darn if I remember.  

 


Dan -- N3ND

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[Gary Gregory]

Well said...I never once wanted to move my FTdx9000D, except out the door
when I found a buyer.

The heat generated by these big box radios, the weight, the physical size
etc, all these make the radio impractical for portable use.

The large screen display provided by these high end radios are not a patch
on the P3 performance and practicality and if you were to measure the total
width of a K3, P3 and a KPA-500 and maybe even a desktop tuner and you soon
realise that desktop space is going to be at a premium and you still need
more space for  Laptop for logging?

I believe Elecraft have designed the K3 in as small a footprint as practical
and with good reason, I think they have expressed their intention to not
release a K4 big box radio, again, with good reason.

Just one operators opinion.

73's
Gary

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:19 AM, r miles <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Being a six footer & able a palm a basketball in my youth I don't find the
> K3 too crowded. I don't have small hands to say the least. I seem to be able
> to use the radio just fine. At least in the 18 months I've owned one.
> Our  radio club is small. At Field Day we've used two K3s & a K2. No
> complaints  from the various operators. No big box 50+ lb. radios brought
> out tho. Too heavy to lug around I guess.
> When I contest I log with a laptop. Being an awful typer I watch what I
> type. For me a P3  I' d move for my best view would be better than having to
> stare  at the transceiver straight on.
> If you ever wanted to  try DXing from a DX location bet you can't drag a 60
> lb. radio as a carry on. K3, switcher PS & acc. under 20 lb.s
> Being a lefty & only partly ambidexterous my only K3 complaint is the
> message pad is set for rightys.
> Oh well just a small problem.
> In my 51 years of hamming I've sat in front of just about everything made.
> I'm keeping my K3.......
> K9IL
>
> PS: Going to be ruff dragging that little KPA 500 around instead of a big
> box 80 lb. amplifier.
>
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K3 #679
For everything else there's Mastercard!!!
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[Phil Hystad-3]

It seems to be that a bigger K3 is a different radio then the K3 and should be called something different.  No, not even K3A or whatever.

I probably would not buy one though.  I like my K3 as it is.  If there is some great new technology that is embraced by Elecraft that does not fit the K3, then maybe it is time for a K4.  If that is in a bigger box, then so be it if that is needed.  But, to have a bigger box merely to use space is not my obsession.

I think the IC-7800 and the FT-9000 whatever are in very big boxes.  When I first saw the FT-9000 my first thought was "No, I don't want that".

I am surprised Eric hasn't put the kibosh to this thread -- maybe they are listening to the comments.  If you are, I vote for status quo.

PEH

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[ussv dharma]

Why of course...it is the american way.....100 watts is all that is needed.  Work on your antenna, WORK ON YOUR ANTENNA REPEAT, WORK ON YOUR ANTENNA.

GREAT GRANDMAW SUSAN

 
If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're headed!! Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm  AFA9SM                         USSV DHARMA 


--- On Mon, 8/9/10, Dan Atchison <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Dan Atchison <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Big box K3
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 1:26 PM
>
>  Of the things I thought I'd dislike the most about the K3,
> it was its size.  Having been a big box user for so
> many years, I thought I'd never adapt.
>
> Eat those words.  The thing I DO like most about the
> K3 is its size.  It freed up so much real estate that
> my shack became much more ergonomic than prior
> renderings. 
>
> Oh, and what were the other things I thought I'd dislike
> about the K3?  Darn if I remember. 
>
>  
>
>
> Dan -- N3ND
>
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