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Jim Ewing

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Also consider: All day Friday and Saturday at Dayton, Eric and Wayne were
standing there out in front of their booth, two guys engaging with a big
and continual throng of hams and their hundreds of questions. From all
directions, all kinds of subjects. They knew the answers and the
subtleties, at whatever level of detail, just standing there, totally
comfortable in this setting, obviously enjoying their time. It's because
from out of their minds came the design, performance, operation of the K4.
Maybe some other QRO radio manufacturers could do this; I suppose Art
Collins did it. (I have seen Steve Weber, Hans Summers and Asher Farhan do
it for their QRP radios.) In my mind, it's obviously relevant to, among
other issues, performance and design choices and rationale, the look, feel
and soul of the radio, logical upgrade paths, logical troubleshooting which
will inevitably be required in the future as it is with any electronic
equipment. The mental video loop of Eric and Wayne standing there with the
crowd will stay in my memory, to be replayed pretty much every day when I
run my Elecraft radios.

Jim Ewing N4TMM

Message: 18
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 14:17:04 -0400
From: Hank <[hidden email]>
To: W2xj <[hidden email]>, Dick <[hidden email]>
Cc: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4
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We should all care. ?That should be an important consideration for anyone
living in this country considering the amount of jobs that have been sent
overseas.

I applaud a company that makes any part of their product in this country.
?It sounds trite, but the job you save may be your own.

?
----- Original Message -----
From: W2xj ([hidden email])
Date: 05/21/19 12:25
To: Dick ([hidden email])
Cc: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4

I really don?t care where it is made.

Sent from my iPad

> On May 21, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Dick <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
> And after reading all the comments on ?why buy a K4, or even Elecraft
when I have Icoms et al, etc.? . Well I haven?t heard anyone say ?MADE IN
AMERICA?. ?And as previously stated so well, add boards anytime to ?update
or add desired features without having to pay for another ?box? to house
all the interiors. Of course this is in MHO.
>
> 73, Dick, W1REJ
>
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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Macy monkeys

Re: K4

Will the K4 make a showing at Sea-Pac?

John K7FD

> On May 21, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Jim Ewing <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Also consider: All day Friday and Saturday at Dayton, Eric and Wayne were
> standing there out in front of their booth, two guys engaging with a big
> and continual throng of hams and their hundreds of questions. From all
> directions, all kinds of subjects. They knew the answers and the
> subtleties, at whatever level of detail, just standing there, totally
> comfortable in this setting, obviously enjoying their time. It's because
> from out of their minds came the design, performance, operation of the K4.
> Maybe some other QRO radio manufacturers could do this; I suppose Art
> Collins did it. (I have seen Steve Weber, Hans Summers and Asher Farhan do
> it for their QRP radios.) In my mind, it's obviously relevant to, among
> other issues, performance and design choices and rationale, the look, feel
> and soul of the radio, logical upgrade paths, logical troubleshooting which
> will inevitably be required in the future as it is with any electronic
> equipment. The mental video loop of Eric and Wayne standing there with the
> crowd will stay in my memory, to be replayed pretty much every day when I
> run my Elecraft radios.
>
> Jim Ewing N4TMM
>
> Message: 18
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 14:17:04 -0400
> From: Hank <[hidden email]>
> To: W2xj <[hidden email]>, Dick <[hidden email]>
> Cc: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4
> Message-ID: <[hidden email]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
>
> We should all care. ?That should be an important consideration for anyone
> living in this country considering the amount of jobs that have been sent
> overseas.
>
> I applaud a company that makes any part of their product in this country.
> ?It sounds trite, but the job you save may be your own.
>
> ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: W2xj ([hidden email])
> Date: 05/21/19 12:25
> To: Dick ([hidden email])
> Cc: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4
>
> I really don?t care where it is made.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On May 21, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Dick <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> And after reading all the comments on ?why buy a K4, or even Elecraft
> when I have Icoms et al, etc.? . Well I haven?t heard anyone say ?MADE IN
> AMERICA?. ?And as previously stated so well, add boards anytime to ?update
> or add desired features without having to pay for another ?box? to house
> all the interiors. Of course this is in MHO.
>>
>> 73, Dick, W1REJ
>>
>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>
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Bill K9YEQ

Re: K4

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And in addition, the lack of knowledge for networking and all the other stuff, drives me crazy. I will just buy one, it is Elecraft and I have never owned a product of theirs that wasn't above the rest. Customer service has been fabulous. Maybe my fully loaded K3S will remain with me.

73,
Bill
K9YEQ

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-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Dick
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 8:40 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [Elecraft] K4

And after reading all the comments on “why buy a K4, or even Elecraft when I have Icoms et al, etc.” . Well I haven’t heard anyone say “MADE IN AMERICA”. And as previously stated so well, add boards anytime to update or add desired features without having to pay for another “box” to house all the interiors. Of course this is in MHO.

73, Dick, W1REJ

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Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ

Re: K4

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Absolutely! I'll be there along with Dick, K6KR, and Madelyn from our sales group.

See you in a week and a half.

73,
Eric
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On 5/21/2019 3:06 PM, Macy monkeys wrote:

> Will the K4 make a showing at Sea-Pac?
>
> John K7FD
>
>> On May 21, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Jim Ewing <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Also consider: All day Friday and Saturday at Dayton, Eric and Wayne were
>> standing there out in front of their booth, two guys engaging with a big
>> and continual throng of hams and their hundreds of questions. From all
>> directions, all kinds of subjects. They knew the answers and the
>> subtleties, at whatever level of detail, just standing there, totally
>> comfortable in this setting, obviously enjoying their time. It's because
>> from out of their minds came the design, performance, operation of the K4.
>> Maybe some other QRO radio manufacturers could do this; I suppose Art
>> Collins did it. (I have seen Steve Weber, Hans Summers and Asher Farhan do
>> it for their QRP radios.) In my mind, it's obviously relevant to, among
>> other issues, performance and design choices and rationale, the look, feel
>> and soul of the radio, logical upgrade paths, logical troubleshooting which
>> will inevitably be required in the future as it is with any electronic
>> equipment. The mental video loop of Eric and Wayne standing there with the
>> crowd will stay in my memory, to be replayed pretty much every day when I
>> run my Elecraft radios.
>>
>> Jim Ewing N4TMM
>>
>>