I absolutely *love* my KX3. It's a super little rig, and the morse readout is very good. It doesn't read the menus yet, and changing the keyer speed changes the readout speed until you power cycle again. I thought about a Hampod myself, which would be great for using at home, but I don't know about portable. But because I need an excuse to learn some programming, I want to put together a KX3 controller for the menu and other things based on the Raspberry Pi and a USB keypad. We'll see if I can some day pull it off. 
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jun 5, 2013, at 7:42 AM, Gerry Learry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have been away for over a month because I couldn't afford to pay my =
> internet bill.  I have fixed that and I am back.  I had a great year in =
> Dayton, and I sold all of my take home Coffee Friday.  While there I =
> went to Elecraft and looked at the KX3.  Then I spoke yesterday to the =
> HAMPOD guy whose name I forget right now.  I got the bug and I want one. =
> So I am going to sell either my Icom 7000 or my fully Icom 706MKII G to =
> buy one.  Is anyone interested in either Icom?  And does anyone here =
> have a KX3?  Gerry