So good to hear a very good report on a US made rig by folks who
apparently are truly trying for both quality and accessibility.  I've
never even had my hands on anything Elecraft makes, but I've
sure______ heard excellent reports from everybody in my acquaintance
who's operated anything made by them.Maybe some day I'll get my grubby
lil mits on one of them. Danny.

On 5/22/10, Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, I've had the K3 for a few days now and all the hype turns out to be
> accurate..  It's true, I'm not too familiar with today's digital signal
> processing having used a ts440 for the past 21 years but this thing is
> unbelievable.  I've never used a better CW rig and I've barely scratched the
> surface of what it can do.  With every QSO I'm more impressed.
>
> As for access, it's no kenwood 480 but it's certainly usable.  It should be
> even better once I get K3-voice running but I'm having trouble getting the
> computer and K3 to talk with each other.  I'm sure that'll be solved soon.
> In the meantime, I'll try to check into the net tomorrow and I'll keep you
> all posted on my progress.  I'm hoping the non-hams in my life will forgive
> me for being a bit distracted lately.  73,  Lou
>