Hi.
I had quite the opposite reaction. If I hadn't already spent my wad, I'd
probably be taking a serious look at this as soon as I felt that enough of
them were out in the field to have worked all the bugs out.
By the way, single conversion is only a problem if one either has poor
filtering in the front end or picks an IF that is low enough that the
filter that is there would need to have a ridiculous amount of Q to keep
out the images. I used a Kenwood TS130S as my first solid state HF
rig. It was single conversion with an 8.83 MHz IF, and image rejection was
never an issue on that radio.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 09:18 PM 5/4/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>I don't know anyone, not 1 single person that has one that I can check out
>nor do I expect to. If I do, I'll try it for myself and see if I'm wrong but
>I'll never spend that kind of money for a kit with no features hardly at all
>with out proof for myself that it's as good as it's cracked up to be. sorry,
>it just doesn't make sense to me. I might be wrong but until I try one for
>myself, that's my thoughts on it.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 9:12 PM
>Subject: Re: multiband fm
>
>
> > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 08:03:43PM -0400, John Miller wrote:
> >> If you want to pay too much. I still say they're way overpriced. I hope
> >> they're not still using a single conversion receiver, that's got to be
> >> horrible these days with all the noise out there.
> >
> > Well, I can see how much you've actually *used* Elecraft gear (as
> > opposed to just making assumptions about it). As it happens, the K2's
> > receiver, single conversion that it is, is really pretty hot. It's no
> > accident that several DXpeditions have used K2's in their
> > operations. I haven't had a single problem with mine: no overload, no
> > funky images, nothing, in short, but brilliant performance on cw and
> > on SSB. But since you've asked, no, the K3 is a dual conversion
> > receiver with IF-level DSP.
> >
> > As for "paying too much", I guess it depends on what's important to
> > you. If you want raw performance in the ham bands on par with more
> > expensive radios (look at the ARRL lab measurements), you can't beat
> > the K2 at its price. If you want lots of bells and whistles with some
> > performance compromises, by all means, pay less. I'm confident that
> > the K3 will give anything comparably priced a real run for its money.
> >
> > It's no accident that you don't see lots ofK2's for sale. When you
> > *do* see them for sale, often as not the person selling buys another
> > one...so...they can't be too bad. I expect similar, or better, results
> > from the K3.
> >
> > BTW, the KX1, for its size and feature set, is just as wonderful in
> > its own different way. I had a blast with it in Ukraine. Think I
> > could've easily carried a full-sized rig with me in a place that it
> > was imperative to travel light because you could be moving real soon
> > and at short notice, in cramped quarters? Nope...the KX1 fit that bill
> > perfectly!
> >
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> > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV
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