What is the average cost of the K3 and Hampod?
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From: "Mike Cozzolino" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: Accessible Transceivers


> hi the k3 has a 8 band equalizer both on transmit and
> receive.  depending on how you want to sound on transmit and how you
> want to hear the receiver is all up to you.  the k3 has a tremendous
> flexibility so should make anybody happy.  take care, c u 73 mike w6quv
> At 09:48 AM 8/23/2012, you wrote:
>>I was talking to someone a week or so ago on 20 meters who has both and he
>>says they're very very close performance wise. He was sighted so didn't
>>speak for accessibility but performance wise on an A B comparison, he said
>>they were very close if not equal.  He preferred the Kenwood because he 
>>said
>>the audio was a touch better to him on receive and I agreed on transmit 
>>when
>>he demonstrated. I can't speak for all setups, I don't have either one, 
>>but
>>that was based on someone I worked who happened to have both.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:55 AM
>>Subject: Re: Accessible Transceivers
>>
>>
>> > Sounds great, but how much is a 100 watt k3 and how much is the hambot.
>> > My 590 was $1600 as I erecall and the voice board around $70.  Other
>> > than what talks and doesn't, have you set this rig side by side to say 
>> > a
>> > Kenwood 590?  Not saying it is better or worse, just curious.  I 
>> > haven't
>> > had my hands on a k3, so can't judge anything, but I do like the 590.
>> > 73
>> > Butch
>> > WA0VJR
>> > Node 3148
>> > Wallace, ks.
>> >
>> >
>> > On
>> > Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Armand Bakalian wrote:
>> >
>> >> Greetings to All,
>> >>
>> >> Reviewing some of the message traffic on the list, I see a lively
>> >> discussion about which rigs are more accessible for instance, the 
>> >> Kenwood
>> >> TS2000, 480, 590, and some of the Icom radios, which in my opinion are
>> >> limited in what they tell the operator.
>> >>
>> >> A week or so ago, I took the leap into the twenty-first century,
>> >> when I purchased an Elecraft K3 transceiver. We know the reputation, 
>> >> and
>> >> versatility, and expandability of the K3--why even some of the
>> >> operators on this list have taken the plunge.
>> >>
>> >> In my humble opinion, after being a ham for forty-six years, there is
>> >> no better combination than the Elecraft K3, and our own Rob
>> >> Santello's Hampod. Kenwood, Icom, and lastly Yaesu, can't hope to
>> >> hold a candle to what K6DQ has built, the Hampod K3 Reader.
>> >>
>> >> I seriously doubt that there isn't anything that the K3 Reader
>> >> doesn't tell you about what the K3 is doing. Rob has even built in
>> >> some macros that perform vital functions for blind ops, with a simple
>> >> push
>> >> of a button. Sighted folks don't get that kind of service from
>> >> their visual display.
>> >>
>> >> Further, can you tell me which Kenwood rig will decode CW and PSK31, 
>> >> and
>> >> and read it aloud to you? If there is one, I must have missed it.
>> >>
>> >> The elegance and cutting edge technology employed in the K3 is
>> >> brought to life for the owner by the Hampod K3 Reader. I was amazed
>> >> to find that the radio even has a temperature sensor in the front
>> >> panel that can be queried by the Hampod, to tell you the ambient
>> >> temperature. Now that's really slick. The K3 Reader which was 
>> >> developed
>> >> by
>> >> Rob, K6DQ over many months, and is still evolving is a labor of
>> >> love from which we all can benefit. Rob hand-builds each unit, and,
>> >> as some on this list can attest, he stands behind what he does, 
>> >> providing
>> >> service that any larger company can't duplicate. It didn't work, and 
>> >> the
>> >> owner had a brand new unit in his hands within less
>> >> than a week, newly assembled and tested.
>> >>
>> >> Some may grumble that the Elecraft is expensive. In my opinion, the
>> >> prospective owner can scale the radio to his budget. Limited funds,
>> >> you can start small, and since the radio is modular in design and
>> >> operation, you can add options to the radio as finances allow. Start 
>> >> out
>> >> with the ten watt version of the K3, and see what it's like running
>> >> QRP. When you have the bucks, you can add the watts, and any other
>> >> options
>> >> that are available.
>> >>
>> >> Sure, the K3 Reader doesn't cost what a VGS3 does, but it's not a
>> >> VGS3 (hope I have that model right). The operator is not subject to
>> >> the whims of Kenwood engineers who decide what's gonna talk, and what
>> >> ain't. With the K3 Reader, if the radio shows it, the Hampod K3
>> >> Reader says it. Ask a Hampod owner.
>> >>
>> >> So, if you want to cruise the bands in extraordinary style Elecraft
>> >> and Hampod is a marriage of technology we can all appreciate.
>> >>
>> >> After exploring this rig for a few hours, I can't wait to learn the
>> >> radio,
>> >> and the K3 Reader. It'll take time, for both of these little boxes 
>> >> pack a
>> >> lot of stuff inside. In the end, I know the investment
>> >> will sure be worth it.
>> >>
>> >> So if you can swing the finances, go Elecraft and Hampod!
>> >>
>> >> Hear you on the air,
>> >>
>> >> Armand W B 2 Z E I, Sacramento
>> >>
>> >>