I haven't used an IC7600, but have used a Pro III. At one time I did consider ditching my K3 due to firmware issues which have since been resolved, the radio I considered as an alternative was ironically the IC7600.
Areas where the K3 is better: Close in RX dynamic range, perhaps not an issue for SSB. Low noise (wide band "hash") on transmit (see the TX close in spectrum on the ARRL reviews of both), this makes the K3 a favourite for multi-operator sites such as DXpeditions and multi contest sites. Elecraft support is one of the best in the industry. Areas where the IC7600 is better: Front panel ergonomics, the K3 is fine when driven from a logging program in a CW contest but for general purpose use it's not too good compared to the larger transceivers from Kenwood, Icom and Yaesu. If you really must have a built-in panoramic display then it's no contest, but the Icom pan display isn't as good as you can have with an external SDR receiver. Both radios are mediocre with regard to SSB TX IMD, it's a common problem with 12 Volt PA transceivers. Not a lot you can do about it if you need a 12 Volt capable radio, although they do improve by about 10 dB when running around 1/4 power and used to drive a valve linear at that level <soapbox /off> I guess you will have seen Rob Sherwoods receiver table, if not it's at: http://www.sherweng.com/table.html Happy shopping! 73 Dave, G4AON K3/100 serial 80 http://www.astromag.co.uk/k3/ ------------------------------- HI all , I am considering to buy a new radio and I am between the K3 and the IC 7600, I have read very good things about K3, although I don't know anybody near me that have one, so I would like to hear comments in why to go for the K3 and if someone live near Ogden UT that would like to shoe me their K3 would be awesome. TNX EMILSE KE7EOZ ______________________________________________________________ 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
