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Leroy Buller

K4, Spouse, Retirement, Burning Fascination

Ok, I told myself yesterday when the K4 leaked in a deluge of emails, that
I was not going to get excited. After all, I am a K3 owner serial 443.
This radio has been far beyond...great. i can crank out cw QSOs with the
very basic K3. The Elecraft experience has been superb and superlative. I
loved my K2 too. But, no way i could get a K4 because of the money
involved.

You see, i do not see rigs as investments. I see them like having a
classic car. I just want it. But alas, i am retired. Money is not tight,
just earmarked for certain things. K4 is not one.

Now, i am flummoxed with a burning facination as to how i can obtain one of
these K4 Dream Machines.

I had to plant the seed of buying one with my Spouse and she wanted to see
how it looked. I showed her the picture and said, "lots of buttons." 😁

Now, i see a glimmer of hope.

Long live The Wizards of Elecraft.

All Hail Prince Erik and Prince Wayne.

Lee K0WA
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Dennis Moore

Re: K4, Spouse, Retirement, Burning Fascination

One of the first things I did was count the buttons. About equal to the
K3, therefore I don't need one :-)

73, Dennis NJ6G

On 5/17/2019 19:08, Leroy Buller wrote:
> I had to plant the seed of buying one with my Spouse and she wanted to see
> how it looked. I showed her the picture and said, "lots of buttons." 😁
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k6dgw

Re: K4, Spouse, Retirement, Burning Fascination

INT QKH: "How many knobs does your radio have?"
QKH12: "My radio has twelve knobs"

INT QKU: "How many of those do you know how to use?"
QKU4: "I know how to use four of them"

INT QKN: "How many do you need to operate?"
QKN1: "I need the Big One to operate"

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 5/17/2019 7:14 PM, Dennis Moore wrote:
> One of the first things I did was count the buttons. About equal to
> the K3, therefore I don't need one :-)
>
> 73, Dennis NJ6G
>

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kevinr@coho.net

Re: K4, Spouse, Retirement, Burning Fascination

Just walked into the radio room for a quick button inventory.

Power, Band, ATU Tune, A/B, and Spot get used.

The rest are just place holders

73,

Kevin. KD5ONS

-

On 5/17/19 7:20 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:

> INT QKH: "How many knobs does your radio have?"
> QKH12: "My radio has twelve knobs"
>
> INT QKU: "How many of those do you know how to use?"
> QKU4: "I know how to use four of them"
>
> INT QKN: "How many do you need to operate?"
> QKN1: "I need the Big One to operate"
>
> 73,
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
>
> On 5/17/2019 7:14 PM, Dennis Moore wrote:
>> One of the first things I did was count the buttons. About equal to
>> the K3, therefore I don't need one :-)
>>
>> 73, Dennis NJ6G
>>
>
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Mike / W5JR

Re: K4, Spouse, Retirement, Burning Fascination

You guys need a button class to get more out of your radios....

K-Line and others....(including Signal One’s)

tnx
Mike / W5JR
Alpharetta GA

> On May 17, 2019, at 10:48 PM, kevinr <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Just walked into the radio room for a quick button inventory.
>
> Power, Band, ATU Tune, A/B, and Spot get used.
>
> The rest are just place holders
>
> 73,
>
> Kevin. KD5ONS
>
> -
>
>
>> On 5/17/19 7:20 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>> INT QKH: "How many knobs does your radio have?"
>> QKH12: "My radio has twelve knobs"
>>
>> INT QKU: "How many of those do you know how to use?"
>> QKU4: "I know how to use four of them"
>>
>> INT QKN: "How many do you need to operate?"
>> QKN1: "I need the Big One to operate"
>>
>> 73,
>> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
>> Sparks NV DM09dn
>> Washoe County
>>
>>> On 5/17/2019 7:14 PM, Dennis Moore wrote:
>>> One of the first things I did was count the buttons. About equal to the K3, therefore I don't need one :-)
>>>
>>> 73, Dennis NJ6G
>>>
>>
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