I thought Elecraft was a household name!

[Nate Bargmann]

* On 2012 15 Jul 12:11 -0500, Gary Gregory wrote:
> *Nate,
>
> Um, in 2007 I had never heard of Elecraft either. Come to think of it, I
> thought I was told the wrong name and that it was Hallicrafter...:-(

Heh!

Even though I don't do much QRP operating, I've kept an eye on the
goings on in QRP land because once in a while I like to build something
and there is really some innovation happening in that facet of amateur
radio.  Without the QRP facet Elecraft probably does not exist or at
least as we know it.  Anyway, I recall seeing the early ads and reviews
for the K2, K1 and onward.

At first I probably discounted the K3 by thinking it was out of my price
class but in late 2009 I spent some time eavesdropping on the bands and
heard a lot of praise heaped on the K3 and then evaluated my finances
and put a plan in place.  By that time I was well aware of Elecraft from
various sources including demonstrations by Jim, W0Eb, et. al. at
hamfests, but still sought to learn more, joined this list about two
years ago, and pulled the trigger in October 2010.

> Some of us ARE a bit slow on the uptake mate.

I'm in the same club more than I'd care to admit.  ;-)

73 de Nate, N0NB >>

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[Gary Gregory]

*Nate,

Well I was a dealer for Yaesu at the time I ordered the k3 which was to be
a 'portable' unit and the big 9000D and it's baby brother the 2000D was to
remain in the shack.

I just about fell off the chair when I listened to the receiver on the K3
and A/B switched the Yaesu's with the K3.

Now I had some serious cash tied up in the shack and I didn't blink at all
when I sold the Yucksu's mate. I was glad they were gone, I had a desk I
could now see, room for my laptop, and to my mind not a single doubt in the
world I had reached Ham Nirvana...:-)

And I still think that way too.

With the arrival of the KAT500 in a couple of weeks, my K-Line will be
complete..that is until that devilish duo come up with another toy I 'must'
have...dang they know how to keep a fella poor eh?

73 Nate,

Gary
*
On 16 July 2012 12:55, Nate Bargmann <[hidden email]> wrote:

> * On 2012 15 Jul 12:11 -0500, Gary Gregory wrote:
> > *Nate,
> >
> > Um, in 2007 I had never heard of Elecraft either. Come to think of it, I
> > thought I was told the wrong name and that it was Hallicrafter...:-(
>
> Heh!
>
> Even though I don't do much QRP operating, I've kept an eye on the
> goings on in QRP land because once in a while I like to build something
> and there is really some innovation happening in that facet of amateur
> radio.  Without the QRP facet Elecraft probably does not exist or at
> least as we know it.  Anyway, I recall seeing the early ads and reviews
> for the K2, K1 and onward.
>
> At first I probably discounted the K3 by thinking it was out of my price
> class but in late 2009 I spent some time eavesdropping on the bands and
> heard a lot of praise heaped on the K3 and then evaluated my finances
> and put a plan in place.  By that time I was well aware of Elecraft from
> various sources including demonstrations by Jim, W0Eb, et. al. at
> hamfests, but still sought to learn more, joined this list about two
> years ago, and pulled the trigger in October 2010.
>
> > Some of us ARE a bit slow on the uptake mate.
>
> I'm in the same club more than I'd care to admit.  ;-)
>
> 73 de Nate, N0NB >>
>
> --
>
> "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
> possible worlds.  The pessimist fears this is true."
>
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[Bill Frantz]

My club, the West Valley Amateur Radio Association (WVARA) is
where I learned about Elecraft. I had heard nothing but praise
for the K2 and K3 at mettings and when I was put in charge of
the GOTA tent a couple of field days ago they said, "We've got a
K2 for you.", so I downloaded the manual with my usual fear of
having to learn another obscure, idiosyncratic, radio UI. Boy
was I wrong in this case. The controls were obvious. There
weren't any "features" that get turned on by "magic" and can't
be turned off. There weren't any modes that were "impossible" to
get out of. In short, I was sold.

Then the question came to: K2 -- which is a real kit and would
let me feel that I had built the radio I was using, or K3 --
better performance and more directly usable in the digital modes
where I spend most of my time. I dithered back and fourth on
that question for months, until my wife (KI6SLX) and I went to
Radiofest. She is a retired from an Apple QA position, and has
definite ideas about how UIs should work. She spent a long time
talking with one of the people at the Elecraft booth about the
K3, and came away saying, "I think I could learn this radio."
With a spousal OK, I immediately ordered a K3 and have been
happy with it ever since.

BTW - This year WVARA had an all Elecraft field day.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 7/15/12 at 13:44, [hidden email] (david Moes) wrote:

>Elecraft a house hold name?  Not so!   Only a few months ago
>when I mentioned that I had bought an Elecraft K3 at a club
>meeting  I would say that half of the group had a blank "what?" look.
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