My theory? Father Christmas needed to get his orders in before Dec 24th so the good G's and F's could get their K2's built by Straight Key Night!
Cheers! Tom K2TA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken G3WCS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Elecraft List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Excellent exchange rate (or article?) helping Elecraftsales to Europe? > Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > > I've noticed a pleasant increase in orders for K1, K2, KX1 radios and > > accessories recently from Europe. Much more so than I usually see > > during this time of year. I guess we must be doing something right, or > > we're getting a little help from somewhere.. :-) > > > > Can anyone tell me if there has been a recent article on Elecraft > > published in a European ham radio magazine that I may have > > missed that could account for this? > > > > Or is this more simply explained by the recent dip in the Dollar to > > Euro & Pound exchange rate, which has reduced the cost of U.S. items > > significantly to the UK and the rest of Europe? > > Hi Eric, > > I'm one of those. In fact I just rang up today from UK to order a > another K2 plus add-ons and also another XV144 transverter. An old > friend of mine will pick them up from you on Wednesday and bring them > over here at Christmas. > > I'm not aware of a recent article about Elecraft in the European media. > > I don't think it is the exchange rate either, because the £ to $ rate > has been very favourable to the UK for over a year now. > > Quite simply, I think it is because news of the quality of Elecraft is > spreading over here. A month ago, I took delivery of a K2, XV144 and > XV50. I built the two transverters quite quickly and the both just > worked straight off. With the slugs the suggested number of turns in the > coils, signals were received even before full alignment. The quality of > the kits, the documentation and quality of components are superb. I > think more and more people are hearing, by word of mouth, how good the > products are. > > I've completed the control and front panel boards for my first K2 and > will be moving on to the main board within the next few days. I've been > licenced since 1968 and built lots of kit, but the Elecraft products are > high up amongst the trouble free. > > Even hope to modify an XV144 for the 70Mhz band soon. > > Keep up the good work. > > > Ken. > > -- > > Ken G3WCS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > IO83rh : Cheshire : NW England > (+44) (0)1606 892677 (home) > (+44) (0)7968 161632 (mobile & sms) > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
