The K3 doesn't have much in the way of accessibility except for useful 
beeps. But if you spend the $300 and buy the 3rd party external box known as 
the hampod, its roughly as accessible as the 590. You have access to 
everything on the display including the menus and their settings.
Lou Kolb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: Duel VFO info


> 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
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 73:=20
>> Mike VO1AX=20
>>
>>
>>