How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

[Vic K2VCO]

Wes Stewart wrote:

> Herb Johnson and Swan were the Eric, Wayne and Elecraft of the day.

I hardly think W & E would sell a product designed to appeal to CBers operating with
illegal power and VFOs! Consider the Swan 1011:

<http://www.cbworldinformer.com/200202/ccc_history.htm>

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[Grant Youngman]

On Feb 17, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:

> Tom is using the K3 now..   :-)
> See:
> http://www.eham.net/reviews/review/73081
>

Yes, I know.  His review was one of the reasons I bought my K3.

But it does sort of show that all the dB's of this and that aren't  
necessarily the only determinant of "goodness" :-)

Grant/NQ5T
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[Vic K2VCO]

Steve Ellington wrote:
> U.S built rigs have been first for most inovations.

I don't know if anyone's mentioned one of the first all solid-state ham receivers, the
Davco DR-30, made in Florida.

<http://www.w8zr.net/vintage/receivers/davco.htm>
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[n7ws]

--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Vic K2VCO <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Wes Stewart wrote:
>
> > Herb Johnson and Swan were the Eric, Wayne and
> Elecraft of the day.
>
> I hardly think W & E would sell a product designed to
> appeal to CBers operating with illegal power and VFOs!
> Consider the Swan 1011:
>

OK, I considered it:  The Swan was a ten-meter transceiver that received on 11-meters. My K3 receives the BC band to 30 Mhz, including the CB band. So what?

I once owned a KWM-1 that was removed from a B-47. (Likely one that had been overflying the Soviet Union)  It tuned and transmitted anywhere between 14 and 30 MHz given the correct crystal plugged into a removable box on the front panel.

I believe that rig has been mentioned before in this thread as a milestone radio.  Should we did up Art Collins and chastise him?




     
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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

Time to end this thread before it gets flogged to death. ;-)

73, Eric  WA6HHQ
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[Vic K2VCO]

Wes Stewart wrote:

> OK, I considered it:  The Swan was a ten-meter transceiver that received on 11-meters.
> My K3 receives the BC band to 30 Mhz, including the CB band. So what? I once owned a
> KWM-1 that was removed from a B-47. (Likely one that had been overflying the Soviet
> Union) It tuned and transmitted anywhere between 14 and 30 MHz given the correct
> crystal plugged into a removable box on the front panel. I believe that rig has been
> mentioned before in this thread as a milestone radio.  Should we did up Art Collins and
> chastise him?

I didn't say "it was possible to use it illegally". I said "It was designed to appeal to
CBers operating with illegal power and VFOs". There's a difference.

I bet Eric is coming along to squash this thread soon!
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[Mark Bayern-3]

> I bet Eric is coming along to squash this thread soon!

You win!



On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Vic K2VCO <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Wes Stewart wrote:
>
>> OK, I considered it:  The Swan was a ten-meter transceiver that received on 11-meters.
>> My K3 receives the BC band to 30 Mhz, including the CB band. So what? I once owned a
>> KWM-1 that was removed from a B-47. (Likely one that had been overflying the Soviet
>> Union) It tuned and transmitted anywhere between 14 and 30 MHz given the correct
>> crystal plugged into a removable box on the front panel. I believe that rig has been
>> mentioned before in this thread as a milestone radio.  Should we did up Art Collins and
>> chastise him?
>
> I didn't say "it was possible to use it illegally". I said "It was designed to appeal to
> CBers operating with illegal power and VFOs". There's a difference.
>
> I bet Eric is coming along to squash this thread soon!
> --
> 73,
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno CA
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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[Jan Erik Holm]

Darwin, Keith wrote:
> Yes, but this isn't about the best performing rig.  The KWM-2 certainly
> had limits and deficiencies (cost being one of them), yet it left a mark
> on ham radio that continues to this day.
>
This might be true if you think "the world" is "the USA". Speaking
for the rest of the world I would say the KWM-2 left no mark at all,
it was far too expensive and be course of that not very common.

/ Jim SM2EKM


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[Stephen Brandt]

Shortly after I graduated from Cal Poly Pomona (in Pomona, California) I
purchased a Kenwood TS520 from Henry Radio in Los Angeles. It was one of the
few brand new rigs that I have purchased. I kept for almost 20 years until I
traded it for an Icom IC 735. Both were excellent radios. I still have the
735. I now use a Yaesu FT 1000MP. I will probably keep it until I can afford
a K3. I also had the privilage of using a KWM2 and a Central Electronics
100V. Both were great radios.

    73,

    Steve Brandt N7VS Portland, Oregon

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[Julius Fazekas n2wn]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned:

Both the K2 and K3 are competitive grade contest radios in kit form...

I'd be curious to know how many records are now held by Elecraft equipped stations.

73,
Julius

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
TnQP http://www.tnqp.org/

Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366

[Gary Smith]

I had a TR-7 that was pre-warc. The optional Aux-7 board had IC's to
populate to allow you to Rx/Tx on a band of your choice. Remove
specific pins on the IC and a broad range of frequencies would be
opened. The Aux-7 and the ICs were very expensive from Drake so there
came a mod that required cutting one or two solder traces & (I
believe) adding a few diode jumpers and you had a general coverage
Rx/Tx transceiver.

I opened up its double balanced mixer with a dremel and rebuilt its
double balanced mixer using a set of then "impossible to get" diodes
(don't recall the specific number as it was in the 80's) and the
sensitivity of that TR-7 was markedly improved. I sold it to a fellow
doing EME. Apparently the TR-7 was coveted for that purpose at the
time and then bought my first TenTec which was a new Corsair II.

The TR-7 could clean up well but it took a lot of effort. But it was
worth it. I've always thought the TR-7 was a rig ahead of it's time
that got passed by technology. I see the K3' role today, much as the
TR-7's role was then, just 30 years of technological improvements
later.

Gary
KA1J

> --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Vic K2VCO <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Wes Stewart wrote:
> >
> > > Herb Johnson and Swan were the Eric, Wayne and
> > Elecraft of the day.
> >
> > I hardly think W & E would sell a product designed to
> > appeal to CBers operating with illegal power and VFOs!
> > Consider the Swan 1011:
> >
>
> OK, I considered it:  The Swan was a ten-meter transceiver that received on 11-meters. My K3 receives the BC band to 30 Mhz, including the CB band. So what?
>
> I once owned a KWM-1 that was removed from a B-47. (Likely one that had been overflying the Soviet Union)  It tuned and transmitted anywhere between 14 and 30 MHz given the correct crystal plugged into a removable box on the front panel.
>
> I believe that rig has been mentioned before in this thread as a milestone radio.  Should we did up Art Collins and chastise him?
>
>
>
>
>      
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