Perhaps you missed the P3BRK option. Only $1, but the shipping is brutal. I did the same thing with a Christmas present for my sister when she was twelve. She always checked out all the presents, so I packed a brick and earrings in a long box.
To get back on topic, I have a KX3 and the only thing I miss about the IC-756 that preceded it is the rudimentary bandscope. A P3 or PX3 would be light years beyond that. I don’t have either of those, but I’d buy them first. wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) On Mar 10, 2015, at 4:44 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > in the mid-50's two youngish teenagers with new General licenses decided to > build a puzzle for the next radio club meeting. It consisted of two of those > Bud aluminum boxes. Box 1 had a cord to plug into the wall, two switches, > and two single wires coming from each end. It weighed about 1/4 of a brick. > > The two single wires went into the ends of Box 2 which had two #47 dial lamps > poking through rubber grommets on top. It weighed almost nothing. Plugged > in, Switch 1 turned Lamp 1 on and off, Switch 2 turned Lamp 2 on and off. We > hacked 1/4 of a brick off and put it inside Box 2 with duct tape. > > You could have both lamps off, one or the other on, or both on, however > binary arithmetic had not yet arrived in Los Angeles and we failed to sense > the significance of that. Convinced we were going to stump everyone at the > meeting, we brought it out during the coffee break before the raffle. None > of our teen friends could figure it out. The OT's remained silent but smiled > a lot. > > We finally said we'd give them a hint. "Box 1 contains a transformer, two > switches and two solid state diodes," just then coming onto the market. "Box > 2 contain two more diodes, two lamps, and 1/4 of a brick." Still no one > could draw the circuit, so Terry did for them. They asked, "What's the 1/4 > of a brick for?" Terry said, "To make it seem substantial." > > Rather than put a brick inside my P3, I put two little squares of > double-stick automobile moulding tape under the two front feet to keep it > planted on the shelf. While I'd like to think Elecraft has a whole bunch of > cool electronics and features to make use of all that empty space about to be > released, I suspect it is as long as it is so it would keep the K-Line > symmetric when lined up on the desk. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 > - www.cqp.org > > On 3/10/2015 4:14 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: >> You could always put a block or bag of lead inside >> >> >> From: Wes (N7WS) <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 1:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (Mini)P3 v SubRX >> >> Lyle, KK7P, demoed a pre-production P3 to our DX club. When I picked it up I >> told him Elecraft better put a steel plate inside if they wanted to get that >> much money for so little weight. >> >> >> >> On 3/10/2015 10:06 AM, Jim Brown wrote: >>> K6XX used the void space in the P3 to carry hand tools to WRTC in Russia. >>> >>> 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
