I may be further taking us off topic here but yuppie stands for something = young urban professional... Most hams aren't young, you cant have antennas in an urban environment, and when's the last time you say someone wear a suit to a hamfest? I feel like I am channeling Indigo Montoya here :-P. The word you are probably looking for is closer to hipster, though most hams dont qualify for that either, perhaps fanboi is a better choice.
/snark off Matt W8ESE On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Jack Brabham <[email protected]> wrote: > Phil, > > No anger with Elecraft, they are my favorite ham company, and I'm quite > proud of my K3 even if it did take months of research and hair pulling > to figure out how to get a decent output from it on SSB. > > I am concerned, based on the KPA500 rumors, that Elecraft may be > deliberately pricing themselves out of the average ham's range. The > "Oh, it cost so much to produce a product in the USA!" argument doesn't > hold water either. Where do you suppose MFJ's are made? Or for that > matter the K3? > > I'm thinking that if them old southern boys at MFJ can make a /decent > /amp for around $2/watt, the folks at Elecraft "ought" to be able to > make a /great /amp for about the same money. They definitely smoked > Yaesu and Icom on value postion with the K3. > > FWIW "Stupid Yuppies", in my book, would be those folks who are willing > to pay twice what something is actually worth just for a label, or for > the joy of owning the most expensive. > > 73 Jack KZ5A > > K3 #4165 > > > > > > On 9/9/2010 9:46 AM, Phil Townsend wrote: > > Ewww, Jack You are soo mean... "Stupid Yuppies"... Come on Jack, why so > angry at a great USA company that ACTUALLY builds some great products? > > > > Phil > > Santa Fe > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
