interesting comment! if you want to use one of the best radios around, I really don't get why it is so important that you BUILD the rig. Hopefully the END product is more important than the process used to get there. if not, then I guess you will miss out on using one of the best radios around.
that is why I don't consider the BUILD question important at all . Al ve3gam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexey Kats" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 8:30 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Why I won't purchase K3 > Ladies, gentlemen, and all the other species of HAM community, > > I apologize for such aggressive and somewhat insulting subject of my > posting. But after reading all the "why I purchased Elecraft radio" reasons > I felt like chirping in. > > I like radios, I like to find out what I can do with it. I like building > things with my own hands. I didn't have so much fun building fully loaded > K1, K2, and KX1 in years... like... like.. like I had when I was assembling > my own computer with nothing but pliers, 40W soldering iron and individually > acquired spare parts back in 90es. It felt like I was giving birth to a baby > or something - making sure that it is in the best state I could possibly > make it. And I could also learn from it, a lot, in fact. > > Now, don't get me wrong, when it comes to the specs of K3 I bow my head to > the designers of it - it's truly a one son of a gun radio. It's pretty much > the heaven dream for CW. I know that. But there is one thing which makes me > uneasy - it's not the radio I built. It's not even the radio I assembled. > It's the radio someone else built, and all I am reduced to is plates > arrangements and screwdriver turning. It's almost like I am not sure whether > I should be thanking Wayne and Eric, or curse them. (Probably thank them > more than anything...) > > My gripe with K3 is that even if I buy it, build it, and use it, I can't > honestly say that I BUILD it. Simply because I didn't build it. With K1, K2, > KX1 I learned a lot from its schematics, I was able to figure out what went > wrong if something went wrong (just to prove to myself that it was me who > was an idiot). I loved the process of making sure that I understand each and > every piece of it, to the last capacitor, even if I don't understand the > assembler code of its main controller (I spend enough time with computers to > hate them thoroughly as it is). My problem is I can't do the same with K3. > I'd love to own it. I'd love to use it. But I'd hate to build it. > > I am sorry if this posting makes no sense to all of you. I was simply trying > to express my feelings... > > I think I'll try to find more money to build another K1 or K2. (Actually, I > like K1 more, don't ask me why.) > > -- > Alexey Kats (neko) > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
