> I'm kind of curious as to how many KX3 owners are also first time Elecraft > owners. Seems like, based on some of the conversation, it's a fairly high > number. I don't know exactly what to attribute that to, but I suspect > more than a little of it is due to the success of the K3.
Im a new Elecraft owner, at least I will be once my KX3 appears :) I cant speak for others, but the K3 isnt what drew me in. The K3 is an amazing rig, but Ive got a number of very nice HF rigs already and cant justify yet another, but the KX3 has exactly the right features I need for a specific application: portable QRP SSB. Yes, I know QRP SSB isnt as fun as CW, but I do a lot with local Boy Scouts and wanted a portable rig to take camping, toss a wire into a tree, and get on the air. A cool little rig like the KX3 will provide an excellent example of what ham radio is about. CW is fun when you know how to copy it, but its just dots and dashes to the average scout. I cant remember how many times Ive explained SOS consists of dits and dahs, NOT dots and dashes! We camp about once a month, so part of my camping gear will soon consist of a KX3, portable antenna, a gel cell and a solar panel. At last nights meeting one of the scouts said he wants to get his ticket; hopefully getting some of the guys on the air at camp in the middle of the woods will inspire a few more to look at ham radio as a fun hobby. A new ham you work in a couple months might have been fired up by making his first QSO in front of a KX3 near a camp fire. Bob K2UT ______________________________________________________________ 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
