KX1 Wanted...

[K4JQV]

Hello OM + YLs;

I must buy a KX1. I cannot resist any longer.
I still am undecided as to a kit or an already built unit. If anyone has a built unit for sale please let me know. I am probably interested in spending around $300-$350 to get a good, clean, basic kit or one with a few options. Let me know.

Cheers;
Jacob K4JQV


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[Dick Dievendorff]

I'd encourage you to build the kit.  A good part of the joy of the K1/KX1/K2
experience is building the kit and bringing a radio to life from a
collection of parts.  And then later when you use it, it just feels
different if you've built it yourself.  You're missing a bunch of the fun if
you buy it already assembled.

73 de Dick, K6KR

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Subject: [Elecraft] KX1 Wanted...

Hello OM + YLs;

I must buy a KX1. I cannot resist any longer.
I still am undecided as to a kit or an already built unit. If anyone has a
built unit for sale please let me know. I am probably interested in spending
around $300-$350 to get a good, clean, basic kit or one with a few options.
Let me know.

Cheers;
Jacob K4JQV


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[David Pratt]

I whole heartedly agree with your there, Dick. Unless one has physical
shortcomings, it is much better to build one's own Elecraft equipment.
This is borne out by many elementary questions appearing on the
reflector from people who have not assembled their own gear. Had they
built it themselves, the questions would not arise.

73 de David G4DMP

In a recent message, Dick Dievendorff <[hidden email]> writes
>I'd encourage you to build the kit.  A good part of the joy of the K1/KX1/K2
>experience is building the kit and bringing a radio to life from a
>collection of parts.  And then later when you use it, it just feels
>different if you've built it yourself.  You're missing a bunch of the fun if
>you buy it already assembled.

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[Buddy Brannan]

On Feb 25, 2012, at 11:52 AM, David Pratt <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I whole heartedly agree with your there, Dick. Unless one has physical
> shortcomings, it is much better to build one's own Elecraft equipment.

Heck, *I* agree with this. If I hadn't "physical shortcomings" (I guess totally blind counts…), and the building of stuff, even kits, is the one bit of the hobby I really feel as though I've missed out on. Because of this lack of personal, hands-on experience, I feel all of my knowledge (or a good lot of it, anyway) is very abstract, and I feel as though I don't know as much as a nearly 25-year time in ham radio would suggest I should.

Of course, having said that, i just love my Elecraft gear. Both pieces have special stories. And really looking forward to the KX3 I have on order. So, built or preassembled, it's all good. But I do wish I could've built.
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On Feb 25, 2012, at 11:52 AM, David Pratt <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I whole heartedly agree with your there, Dick. Unless one has physical
> shortcomings, it is much better to build one's own Elecraft equipment.
> This is borne out by many elementary questions appearing on the
> reflector from people who have not assembled their own gear. Had they
> built it themselves, the questions would not arise.
>
> 73 de David G4DMP
>
> In a recent message, Dick Dievendorff <[hidden email]> writes
>> I'd encourage you to build the kit.  A good part of the joy of the K1/KX1/K2
>> experience is building the kit and bringing a radio to life from a
>> collection of parts.  And then later when you use it, it just feels
>> different if you've built it yourself.  You're missing a bunch of the fun if
>> you buy it already assembled.
>
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