You are welcome Carl!
My first introduction to the K3 was at Ozarkcon the same day as Visalia.
I was stalking N0SS and slipped into his room. He got a call from Wayne
who gave the go ahead to announce the new rig. That was when Tom let me
look on his laptop at the files about the K3. I copied those to a USB
drive and brought them home. Years later I asked AB7R about the
transverters going inside the K3. He was taken aback and disabused me of
the notion. Feeling a bit squashed I mentioned the early specs showed a
slot for them inside. I was later vindicated when the transverters found
their original spot.
My first introduction to Elecraft was from a magazine ad in QST. I needed
a rig to build and found it. I had not been involved in amateur radio
since the late '60s so found the world had changed. Thinking I would
never use CW I bought the K2 and the SSB module. That part was fun to
build but for some reason has never been used ;) The K2 was used as a CPO
for the summer and finally I squeaked by my element one test. Somehow the
K2 had gotten me from Tech to Extra in one exam :)
Later in the year I first met the K3 (by proxy) I was at Pacificon where I
got to meet Eric and Wayne and the K3. Somehow or another I fell for it
and walked out of the venue with a sales receipt in my pocket. I think I
will blame it on Lisa but I know she will never testify to it :)
Thanks for the many years of fun guys!
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:23:54 -0800, Carl Clawson
<carlclaw...@frontier.com> wrote:
> It was love it first sight.
>
> Kevin, KD5ONS, dragged me over to the Elecraft booth at the 2007 Sea Pac
> convention after I mentioned that I was looking for a new HF rig and was
> considering a K2, among other choices. This was shortly after the K3 had
> been announced and I hadn't heard of it yet.
>
> Oh, I read the specs, knew about the K2's fantastic performance, etc.,
> etc.,
> and all the other reasons you've heard. But really, I was hooked the
> moment
> I saw it. I ordered mine a few weeks later and waited eight ... long ...
> months ... for it to arrive.
>
> During the wait, I auctioned off 20 years worth of unused gear in the
> shack
> and raised enough to pay for it!
>
> Thanks, Kevin!
>
> 73, Carl WS7L
> K3 #486
> P3 # uh, don't have one yet but I'm weakening...
>
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