[RTTY] First K3 FSK QSO Tonight

[sjolin]

At $1300, what rig is more capable?  And what do you mean by capable?  More 
buttons to push, more bands to play with?  The K3 should compare to Orion 
and Icom 7800 not mid range brands from the receiver standpoint.  It 
definitely is not meant to compete with IC-746 pros. It should blow them out 
of the water.

You don't need $840 worth of crystal filters. Those are roofing filters. If 
you are into cw/rtty contesting all you need to purchase is one. You already 
have one for ssb. Unless you are into AM or FM or want to have a lot of 
extras, you can more than get by with the one additional filter.

73 de Dave, N0IT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat at copper.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] First K3 FSK QSO Tonight


> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:47:07 -0700, "J. Edward (Ed) Muns"
> <w0yk at msn.com> wrote:
>
>>I can't imagine anyone "sitting on the fence" about the K3.  It is a
>>no-brainer!
>
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
> I don't get it with the K3. The "barebones" 10-watt version is
> expensive compared to many rigs which are already more capable, and by
> the time you add in options which are standard on other rigs you have
> a VERY expensive rig. The crystal filters alone, if you get all seven
> of them will set you back $840 all by themselves!! And then you have
> to add the antenna tuner ($259), separate sub-receiver $539), 100 watt
> upgrade ($349), digital voice recorder ($99) and after all that you
> still don'thave a spectrum display....
>
> Like I said, I don't get it.
>
> Bill W6WRT
>
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