bpnjensen wrote:

On Mar 8, 12:45 pm, dxAce wrote:
dxAce wrote:
BDK wrote:

In article ca58e1d1-8c1d-4355-ac8f-
, says...
On Mar 8, 9:04 am, dxAce wrote:
bpnjensen wrote:
Hey, Dave, thanks for bringing up the Elecraft K3 (I'm sure my wife
will thank you as well ;-) I just read the Receiver Topics section of
the page, and I can hardly believe my eyes. It looks like a RX dream
come true, even the XMTR notwithstanding.

I just have two questions - As I understand it, once in awhile it is
desirable to download improved software and programming from
Elecraft. Does this radio need to be always connected to a PC
otherwise, or is it perfectly fucntional as a stand-alone unit?

And, as configured in basic format, will it receive and properly
filter AM, or is that an add-on?

Save your money. Buy yourself a nice used Drake receiver.

Your wife may still love you.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

OK. Why?

Cause DxAce is a Drake fanboi?

The only thing Drake ever made I really want, or want to keep is the
R7A.

You can get an R7 and turn it into an R7A rather quickly! They are essentially
one and the same.

Off the top of my head (pointy as it may be) as I recall, the difference between
the R7 and the R7A was that the R7A came standard with the noise blanker (NB7A, at
the time) and I think the 500 kc CW filter, AND, a jumper across the filter board
which APPROXIMATED a 6 kHz filter for AM reception.

I currently have an R7 with 8, 6, 4, 3, and 2.3 kHz filters, the NB7A noise
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That R7 you have sounds like the perfect outfit. No external VFO?

No, for a long time I wanted to try the RV75 VFO with the R7 which I'm led to believe is
more stable. At one time, I did have a mint in the box RV75, however, I didn't have the
1544 adapter that went with it to hook up to the R7/A.

But, if one has an R7/A, no need for an extra VFO, turn the darn thing on, it will warm
up, and after all, that's what the tuning knob is for.