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KX2 color option: Army green (olive)?

wayne burdick
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One of our customers who has outfitted units with KX2s is hoping we'll provide an Army-green case color option (olive drab). Note: We're not talking about camo -- just a solid color :)

To make such an option viable we'd need to know if there's enough demand, both military and otherwise.

Please drop me an email if you might be interested, or have an opinion on this possibility.

Thanks,

Wayne
N6KR

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Re: KX2 color option: Army green (olive)?

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My Elecraft equipment is already olive drab — I favor black olives.

:-}   K7PEH


> On Mar 16, 2020, at 10:19 AM, Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> One of our customers who has outfitted units with KX2s is hoping we'll provide an Army-green case color option (olive drab). Note: We're not talking about camo -- just a solid color :)
>
> To make such an option viable we'd need to know if there's enough demand, both military and otherwise.
>
> Please drop me an email if you might be interested, or have an opinion on this possibility.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
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Re: KX2 color option: Army green (olive)?

Steve KC6ZKT
Several of us SOTA operators have asked for a high visibility color
option (orange or green-yellow). I think I would choose the current
charcoal over olive drab.

On 3/16/20 10:37 AM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft wrote:

> My Elecraft equipment is already olive drab — I favor black olives.
>
> :-}   K7PEH
>
>
>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 10:19 AM, Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> One of our customers who has outfitted units with KX2s is hoping we'll provide an Army-green case color option (olive drab). Note: We're not talking about camo -- just a solid color :)
>>
>> To make such an option viable we'd need to know if there's enough demand, both military and otherwise.
>>
>> Please drop me an email if you might be interested, or have an opinion on this possibility.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
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Re: KX2 color option: Army green (olive)?

k6dgw
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Being colorblind, I really don't care that much, however something that
would stand out from "earthy" colors would be nice ... probably not so
much for Special Forces, but it's very easy to leave something at your
SOTA site 'cause you didn't see it while packing.

If you do make one in Army Green, will you also get an AN/XXX-nnn
designator assigned?

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

On 3/16/2020 10:19 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> One of our customers who has outfitted units with KX2s is hoping we'll provide an Army-green case color option (olive drab). Note: We're not talking about camo -- just a solid color :)
>
> To make such an option viable we'd need to know if there's enough demand, both military and otherwise.
>
> Please drop me an email if you might be interested, or have an opinion on this possibility.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>

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Re: KX2 color option: Army green (olive)?

Kidder, George
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Yellow reminds me of the CD version of the Gonset Communicator - ugly!

George, W3HBM

On 3/17/2020 1:51 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:

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> A bazllion years ago, Zone VI insisted on making a 4x5 field camera bag in white, so it wouldn’t heat up in the sun.
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>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 11:13 AM, Steve KC6ZKT <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Several of us SOTA operators have asked for a high visibility color
>> option (orange or green-yellow). I think I would choose the current
>> charcoal over olive drab.
>>
>> On 3/16/20 10:37 AM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft wrote:
>>> My Elecraft equipment is already olive drab — I favor black olives.
>>>
>>> :-}   K7PEH
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 10:19 AM, Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One of our customers who has outfitted units with KX2s is hoping we'll provide an Army-green case color option (olive drab). Note: We're not talking about camo -- just a solid color :)
>>>>
>>>> To make such an option viable we'd need to know if there's enough demand, both military and otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> Please drop me an email if you might be interested, or have an opinion on this possibility.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>> N6KR
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Re: KX2 color option: Army green (olive)?

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On 3/17/20 1:51 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:

> A bazllion years ago, Zone VI insisted on making a 4x5 field camera bag in white, so it wouldn’t heat up in the sun.
>
> https://www.keh.com/shop/large-format-zone-vi-15x11x9-wht-4x5-669764.html
>
> wunder
> K6WRU
> Walter Underwood
> CM87wj
> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>
>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 11:13 AM, Steve KC6ZKT <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Several of us SOTA operators have asked for a high visibility color
>> option (orange or green-yellow). I think I would choose the current
>> charcoal over olive drab.
>>
>> On 3/16/20 10:37 AM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft wrote:
>>> My Elecraft equipment is already olive drab — I favor black olives.
>>>
>>> :-}   K7PEH
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 10:19 AM, Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One of our customers who has outfitted units with KX2s is hoping we'll provide an Army-green case color option (olive drab). Note: We're not talking about camo -- just a solid color :)
>>>>
>>>> To make such an option viable we'd need to know if there's enough demand, both military and otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> Please drop me an email if you might be interested, or have an opinion on this possibility.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>> N6KR
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That would make a great target.  Military is looking for things that
don't stand out.  In  Vietnam we could not wear white t-shirts because
it was too good of a target.

72/73,
Robin
W4IEN
EM73vx
G-QRP #12386
SKCC #7294
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