The K3 will no doubt be a nice radio, although at best, it will equal the
Orions in performance. That according to Eric Swartz, co-owner of Elecraft
in a demo he gave at our local club last month. He proudly listed all of
the K3 factory-measured specs on his Power Point presentation, and almost
every sentence ended with "...it's right up there with the Orions". Most
all of the critical numbers were within +- 2 dB of the Orion II, a fact that
Swartz freely acknowledged. Fully loaded, the price is similar.
Certainly there will be many nice added features, but there may be a few
some folks will miss. The K3 is a small, light radio, great for travel, but
as many have pointed out, more challenging for "big-fingered" ops whose eye
glasses (like mine) keep getting thicker each year!
For those who were wondering, the KPA-800 and KPA-1500 amplifiers have not
been forgotten. Eric says they will re-visit them when the K3 is finished
with development.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Baker" <w5iz@yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Repaired and Back to V1.373b5
It is sure nice to see some traffic on the reflector...I thought the K3
had stolen all the attention.
Unfortunately, the thread about firmware has started again despite Scott's
earlier post that there would be no new Orion or Orion II firmware
forthcoming until TenTec finished, at some time in 2008, the RX4XX project
that had been overdue.
I think many users of the Orion and Orion II have already moved to the K-3
since the Elecraft folks seem to be able to fix software bugs as they ramp
up output of K-3 production.
I still have my Orion and Orion II but have K-3s on order and will
probably move to K-3s as primary radios. I am glad to have both while
awaiting K-3 delivery. Notwithstanding the remaining bugs, the Orion and
Orion II do work the dx I hear. <g>
Happy Holidays all de Al, W5IZ
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