I have no problem with that. I'd probably buy it myself fully assembled to contend with my S5-S8 afternoon noise level. My last sentence quoted below actually says that.
BUT, if Elecraft starts offering more and more pressembled kits, don't they begin to fundamentally change what Elecraft means to hams? And would they lose the "niche advantage" they enjoy right now? That is, do they just become an American version of Yaesu/Kenwood/Icom/whatever packaging Made in China circuit boards in gee-whiz cases? I don't know the answer to that. Eric KE6US -----Original Message----- From: Thom R LaCosta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:35 PM To: EricJ Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Wayne on KNBx On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, EricJ wrote: > I'll pass on the beta testing. I'll probably pass on an SMT kit. I > build for fun. If it isn't fun, I might as well get one built better > than hand assembly by some machine. But, Maybe some of us that would like to operate who can't now because the existing noise blanker doesn't do the job for us would, perish the thought, buy an assembled noise blanker. 73,Thom-k3hrn www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web Ring, Drakelist home page, Free Classified Ads for amateur radio, QRP IRC channel Elecraft Owners Database www.tlchost.net/hosting/ *** Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
