I think it is probably interesting how people discover Elecraft. I have recommended Elecraft products to a few friends and almost in every case the friend did not know about Elecraft. Of course, these guys were older and maybe that had something to do with it. When I say older, I obviously mean older then me -- still young at 64 3/4s.
I discovered Elecraft via my Norcal 40A kit. I discovered the Norcal 40A via the book "The Electronics of Radio" by Rutledge. I read the book and built the 40A and then decided that the designer of this radio was very talented. So, I started googling Wayne to find more information about him and from that came across the Elecraft web site. That was in the Fall of 2009. Now I own a complete K-line with the KAT500 on order plus a KX1 and a variety of other Elecraft mini-kit products. 73, phil, K7PEH On Jul 15, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > *Nate, > > Um, in 2007 I had never heard of Elecraft either. Come to think of it, I > thought I was told the wrong name and that it was Hallicrafter...:-( > > Some of us ARE a bit slow on the uptake mate. > > Now I own no other breed and the "Terrible Twins" at Elecraft are doing > their best to keep me poor! > > Wonder what the 'next' must have gem will be, I shudder to think and my > bank balance keeps shrinking! > > 73 > > * > On 16 July 2012 02:38, Nate Bargmann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I worked a station on 6m this morning who gave me a very nice and >> unsolicited audio report and asked what radio I was running. I first >> said it was a K3 and he replied that he was unfamiliar with that model >> so I said "Elecraft K3" to which he asked how old it was. I replied >> that I bought it in late 2010 as a kit. His reply amused me--"I didn't >> know Hallicrafters was still in business!" I spelled out Elecraft and he >> said he would have to Google that to see what it was all about. >> >> By this point I had presumed all the active hams had heard of Elecraft. >> Heh! >> >> 73, de Nate, N0NB >> >> >> -- >> >> "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all >> possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." >> >> Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > *Gary* > *"If you don't know where you are going you will probably end up somewhere > else."* > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
