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OUTSTANDING NOISE ELIMINATOR.  ALONG WITH ALL THESE GOODIES COMES SOMETHING
THAT YOU MUST CONSIDER BEFORE YOU GO TO A PURE SDR.  THIS RADIO DOES NOT
HAVE THE SAME KIND OF LAYOUT YOU HAVE COME TO EXPECT IN TRANSCEIVERS.
THERE IS NO TUNING KNOB YES YOU CAN BUY ONE, BUT ESSENTIALLY NO ONE WHO HAS
THIS RADIO USES ONE AND THE FRONT PANEL IS YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN.  AT ONE
TIME I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A DEAL BREAKER BUT HAVING NOW USED VE3NEAS CW
SKIMMER AND OTHER SDR SOFTWARE, I FIND IT QUITE POSSIBLE TO LEARN TO TUNE
WITH A MOUSE.  DO I LIKE THAT?  I HAVENT ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO SAY, YET.
THE ELECRAFT K3 IS WHAT I CALL A HYBRID SDR.  MOST OF ITS FUNCTIONS ARE
DONE DIGITALLY IN SOFTWARE DSP, BUT SOME FUNCTIONS THAT DSP IS JUST NOT
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N0YO 65,700 B B W7WA 862,522 B C W3LL 194,814 B B N2ESP 38,151 B B K9JIG
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