While I am seriously looking at the KX3 to become the main station here,and I completely agree about the bird guys, they certainly aren't the majority of us who operate at low power.
I've used both the 817 and the 703, and in 37 years as a qrper, I've never had any interest in vhf. To say that the 703 was "a flop" because it was hf only is a pretty bold statement and I think there are several thousand qrpers who would disagree with you there - including those posting on a number of lists that are still looking for a radio that has been discontinued. mike, k5wmg On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Tim Tucker <[email protected]> wrote: > If it had both 2m and 440, it WOULD be an 817D killer. The satellite crowd > also really likes the 817D because it gets you a basic QRP radio and a > portable satellite station to work both the FM and SSB birds. > > Remember, Icom had a HF only QRP rig - the 703. It was a flop. The KX3 > won't suffer the same fate because it's so much more, but it would > absolutely crush the competition (Yaesu FT-817D) if both 2m and 440 were > incorporated. > > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:26 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, a good step - I really want this to be an FT-817 killer. >> I can live without 70cm, but 2m SSB is quite important to me for UKAC >> contests, FM would just be more icing on the cake. >> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108, KX3 #??? >> >> Thank everyone who calls out your faults, your anger, your impatience, your >> egotism; do this consciously, voluntarily. >> -Jean Toomer, poet and novelist (1894-1967) >> >> On 24 May 2011, at 20:24, Oliver Dröse wrote: >> >> > That's already one step forward! ;-)) >> > >> > Thanks alot for considering it, Wayne, >> > and good luck with all the work still to do. >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Wayne Burdick" <[email protected]> >> > Our first priority is the KXAT3 ATU, but we've included the "hooks" >> > for a possible internal transverter. And that's all I can say about it >> > at present. >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
