I would imagine that the user interface is the biggest difference. It is not
clear to me if you have the Elecraft K3 or K3S. I have the latter and even
though is a small transceiver and most buttons do double duty, there are
buttons to press and knobs to turn I find it nice to have a physical
transceiver. Both are easy to carry on an airplane, although I do not know
of anyone carrying a Flex to the Caribbean. Flex and Elecraft now have
matching lightweight legal limit amplifiers which is a very nice accessory.
John KK9A
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Flex radios
From: Bill via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Reply-to: cqtestk4xs@aol.com
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 10:07:36 -0400
At the hamfest last weekend I had some extra time Sunday and wandered over
to
the Flex radio site. and had a long sit down with one of the reps. I did a
hands on with the 6500 and was truly impressed, especially with how "easy"
it
was on the ears.
I currently have a pair of K-3s for SO2R and have kicked around replacing
these
with the 6500. I know K9CT as well as a couple others who use the Flex
stuff.
I really would like to hear from them and others about these radios and how
they compare to the K-3s in a contesting and Dxing situation...ease of use,
operator friendly, audio quality for listening as well as transmit etc. Any
comments would be greatly appreciated.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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