Silly Question

[DW Holtman]

Hello,

How is "Elecraft" pronounced?

Thank you,
DW Holtman
WB7SSN
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[Mike B-12]

> Hello,
>
> How is "Elecraft" pronounced?

Per their website, like "Elegant" and "Craft."

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Mike
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Not silly at all - I am certain the folks at Elecraft want everyone to
get it right :-) .
It is pronounced "Ele" (an in Elegant - soft 2nd 'e') followed by "craft".

73,
Don W3FPR

DW Holtman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How is "Elecraft" pronounced?
>
> Thank you,
> DW Holtman
> WB7SSN
>
>  
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[Tom McCulloch]

That not a silly question at all, I think its a good one.

Is it "Ella" or "Elly"?

I'm a CW guy so I don't get to "hear" it on the air...but it seems that most
of the times I've heard in eyeball qso's its been "Elly".

I have heard the origin of the name is indeed from "Elegant" and "Craft" as
Mike points out.

73/72 de,
Tom WB2QDG (with the New York accent).
k2 1103


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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Silly Question

>> Hello,
>>
>> How is "Elecraft" pronounced?
>
> Per their website, like "Elegant" and "Craft."
>
> 73,
>
> Mike
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[Vic K2VCO]

Tom McCulloch wrote:
> That not a silly question at all, I think its a good one.
>
> Is it "Ella" or "Elly"?

I've heard something more like "Ella" out of the mouths of the founders.
They should know.
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[Neal]

Somewhere, on the website as I remember, it notes that it is "Ele" as in "Elegant".

Neal WA6OCP

DW Holtman wrote

Hello,

How is "Elecraft" pronounced?

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DW Holtman
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[.hank.]

However ...... 98% of the people I have heard say Elecraft pronounce it Lcraft.
And 1% are undecided.
The other 1% are on the Elecraft reflectors.

73    Hank    K8DD

<quote author="Don Wilhelm">
Not silly at all - I am certain the folks at Elecraft want everyone to
get it right :-) .
It is pronounced "Ele" (an in Elegant - soft 2nd 'e') followed by "craft".

73,
Don W3FPR

DW Holtman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How is "Elecraft" pronounced?
>
> Thank you,
> DW Holtman
> WB7SSN
>
>

[Thom LaCosta]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, hank k8dd wrote:

>
> However ...... 98% of the people I have heard say Elecraft pronounce it
> Lcraft.
> And 1% are undecided.
> The other 1% are on the Elecraft reflectors.

Wow, this is so much more interesting than delivery of K3's, specs, antennae and
all the other drivel that gets posted here.

Is Elecraft a corporation, or as mis-pronounced on NPR a co-operation?

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[GW0ETF]

Tom McCulloch wrote

That not a silly question at all, I think its a good one.

Is it "Ella" or "Elly"?

I'm a CW guy so I don't get to "hear" it on the air...but it seems that most
of the times I've heard in eyeball qso's its been "Elly".

I have heard the origin of the name is indeed from "Elegant" and "Craft" as
Mike points out.

73/72 de,
Tom WB2QDG (with the New York accent).
k2 1103

When I tell old timers who don't read the ham comics or the various web reflectors that I have one of those Ellycraft radios, they all as one reply ".....a Hallicrafters..?"

73,

Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF

Ellycraft K3 #0145

[texasexpediter]

I've always been under the impression it's EL uh kraft.
>> Is it "Ella" or "Elly"?
>>    
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[Rolf G]

GW0ETF skrev:

>
> Tom McCulloch wrote:
>  
>> That not a silly question at all, I think its a good one.
>>
>> Is it "Ella" or "Elly"?
>>
>> I'm a CW guy so I don't get to "hear" it on the air...but it seems that
>> most
>> of the times I've heard in eyeball qso's its been "Elly".
>>
>> I have heard the origin of the name is indeed from "Elegant" and "Craft"
>> as
>> Mike points out.
>>
>> 73/72 de,
>> Tom WB2QDG (with the New York accent).
>> k2 1103
>>
>>
>>    
>
> When I tell old timers who don't read the ham comics or the various web
> reflectors that I have one of those Ellycraft radios, they all as one reply
> ".....a Hallicrafters..?"
>
> 73,
>
> Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF
>
> Ellycraft K3 #0145
>  

The question is not silly at all.
And the answer is presented by Eric & Wayne on elecraft.com, page 'Home':

/How do you say Elecraft?/    *Ele *(as in "Elegant") *+ Craft.

*

Best 73's,
Rolf
SMØYQC
K2 #4979

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[dave.wilburn]

Ela, or Ele, I think its a bit like your favorite Aunt or (like we often
say in the south) Aint, in either case your mother's sister is happy to
see you, and Elecraft is happy to serve you.
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David Wilburn
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On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 02:53 -0600, Leo Bricker K5LDB wrote:
> I've always been under the impression it's EL uh kraft.
> >> Is it "Ella" or "Elly"?
> >>    

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