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Elecraft hit a home run with the KX3. And, I believe it may well be a grand slam when the firmware is completely finished. The KX3 is in an all metal case and the only external plastic is the LCD face cover and four knobs. It is robust but not heavy and it easily hand held and uses two folding legs on the back bottom that are used when operating from the desk. This puts it a perfect angle for viewing the display and using the removable optional paddle that finger screws onto the front edge (more about that later). The VFO knob is all cast metal with a perfectly sized tuning dimple and a rubberized band around the rim of the knob. The VFO A knob has an exceptionally nice feel to it making it feel like those on bigger radios. There is no formal mechanical clutch or brake type drag adjustment, but you can adjust the drag by removing the rubber like ring and use a set screw to loosen the knob and adjust its clearance from a felt washer under the knob. However, I was able to easily adjust it for a spin rate that is perfect for my needs.
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I used the CW decode function to see how it performed. I have that function on my K3 and it is pretty good. I don¡¦t know if it was how I had the decode parameter thresholds set on the K3 and KX3, but the CW decode seems better on the KX3. I don¡¦t use this in normal operation but is nice to have. I experimented with the decode and selected stations sending nice clean (great fist or computer generated) CW and decode was near perfect. Then, I purposely found some rougher fist straight key signals, and I was taken aback. They were decoded with what I will estimate to be around 80-90% accuracy. I even used it twice during QSOs with stations like that when I was fatigued after being on the air for hours, and again, the decode saved the day .. which then told me I needed to go to bed. Pretty amazing feature.