I second that. Size matters to me too, but not an overiding factor.
I too work from home and have limited desk space in the shack - 22" cinema
display on Mac and 19" on PC do take up room, not to mention all the
peripherals, like speakers, USB/Firewire hub etc.
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> From: "Craig Rairdin" <
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> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K2/K3 size
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>> The small size is a (minor) consideration in my choice.
>> It will be used in our RV six months out of each year,
>> as is/was my K2.
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> I wasn't going to contribute to the noise, but with people questioning the
> relative importance of size I wanted to add one voice in favor of small.
>
> I work from home. I have two computers under my desk and two monitors on
> top. My "shack" is an area about 24" wide and 24" deep on one of the arms of
> my wrap-around desk. My K3 will be under my K2 which is under my K1 which is
> under my KX1. The only reason (ONLY reason) I don't own any cool vintage
> Collins equipment (which was made here in Cedar Rapids and is where I used
> to work) is because I don't have room for it.
>
> I know I'm the only one to whom size matters. We all have different reasons,
> I'm sure, but I'm willing to bet that size, weight, appearance, cost, and
> other "superficial" issues are at least as important, if not more important,
> to many of us than are receiver sensitivity, band stacking registers,
> roofing filters, and other features and performance issues. To make
> supposedly "objective" observations about the relative merits of any one
> feature or benefit of the K3 or any radio is to be myopic at best and
> narcissistic at worst.
>
> Craig
> NZ0R
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is
writing a book. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator and writer
(106-43 BC)
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