Licensed now 50 years....SWL,, homebrew, Heathkit HW100 etc etc. Elecraft saved me from giving up on Ham radio.
It all started in year 2000, with the K2 built from scratch, all options, including winding all the Toroids. I loved it, and ended up with a rig that performed amazingly, as well as my then current big box rigs, the Kenwood TS950, a TenTec Corsair and a TenTec Omni 6+, all very nice rigs which |I kept for some years. Then, when the K3 came along I just had to have one # 325. I eventually sold all my other gear and now I have the full K-Line, all built from kits. It still amazes me to be able to put together a kit of parts and end up with such a top performing, full feature piece of radio equipment. I love the ability to do software updates and hardware mods all to keep the rig current to latest spec. This together with all the amazing software available today interfaced to this rig keeps my interest going. Plug and play rigs (which is an Elecraft option of course) would soon bore me. I now have a super station indeed! Very happy. Now if only I could get a 60' tower and a big beam, hmmm.... 73, Deni F5VJC On 24 June 2014 12:36, Bill W2BLC <w2...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > I bought the K3 a couple of years ago, then followed with the P3, and soon > after - the KAT500 and KPA500. Yep - I got it all. > > It used to be that I would spend a large amount of my ham radio time in > reading about new ham equipment, buying and using same. With a fairly > healthy turnover rate, I enjoyed trying new rigs and searching for that one > single rig that would appease my needs. For over fifty years I had been > doing this - owning or using most every rig out there - except for the > latest $10,000+ rigs. Then I got the K-Line................... > > That was the end of the quest - I no longer have any interest in looking > at new rigs, as I seriously doubt that I can find any new rig that will > improve my ham radio experience over the K3. It's performance, size, > layout, and individual custom setup suit my needs perfectly. I still enjoy > discussing rigs, but there is no desire to purchase another rig. > > The only ham radio thing I have bought lately is a PigKnob - a small > programmable device for rig control. To that end, I no longer use HRD for > rig control. > > Life is good! > > Bill W2BLC K-Line > Note that I said, "...my ham radio experience" and "my needs......." > Other's mileage my vary. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to foxfive....@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
