I Spent 3 Weeks with the Elecraft KX3: Here's What I Found

I recently acquired an Elecraft KX3 tranceiver, a classic 15-year-old ham radio that's highly regarded in the amateur radio community. Many consider it a top-tier QRP rig, especially for portable operations. Here are my opinionated first impressions after working with it for about three weeks! A full review will follow sometime after Hamvention! 00:00 Intro 00:56 Brief History of the KX3 01:18 Feature Tour 03:32 Tour of the Radio 05:09 Electret OR Dynamic mics! 05:35 Why so expensive? 06:25 Cost in Context 07:00 Advantages of the FTX-1 08:03 My experiences so far 08:57 Why I keep buying QRP radios 09:25 Wrapping up Music: Master Planned Music ‪@masterplannedmusic‬