Mike,

Sounds like you had fun in the contest.   I can't speak to the K3, but 
the 590 speaks a lot: s meter, freq, power, swr,  compression and alc 
levels, as well as menus and some other junk, like filter settings, etc.

Also tells you which VFO you are on (A or B) and  preceeds it with an 
"S" if in split mode.

I'm not a lottery guy, but if that's where you spend your money, I hope 
you win.

73, Steve KW3A

On 3/2/2014 2:05 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> Hi All:=20
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> With regards to the K-3 and TS-590, do you get voice or CW announcement =
> of both S-9s and freq announcements.=20
> Even though I'm a Yaesu guy, investing in an FT-1000MKV field or, should =
> win the lottery, an FTDX-5000, it would hardly be worth the purchase =
> just to connect a laptop too, run HRD.=20
> On these rigs with HRD, I would only get one VFO/S-9 announcement and =
> allot of buttons to remember. LOL=20
> Not saying I'm gonna retire my FT-102, witch frankly kicked ass in the =
> contest, with regards to the filtering, but I'm thinking about a 2ND rig =
> for contesting for the quick band change and so on.=20
> I'd also like to know how much accessibility you get from a K-3 which is =
> around the IC-7600, a little less than the FTDX-5000 in price.=20
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> 73:=20
> Mike VO1AX=20
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