Gary, I've already framed this and hung it in the hallway. Thanks for your ongoing support!
73, Wayne N6KR On Apr 14, 2016, at 6:21 PM, "Gary Smith" <g...@ka1j.com> wrote: > Wayne & Eric, > > Here's the way it is, according to me: > > I really like the radios and equipment you > make. Flash is pretty but I crave an > eloquent solution for what I want to do > and I don't honestly give too much of a > flip as to how somebody else wants their > radio to be. > > One thing is for sure, I don't want a > "one-time radio is all it is, take it or > leave it", you buy it & that's what it is > forever more. I want a radio that I can > configure to what I want to do with it, > get it right for me, and leave it > configured that way. > > I'm a creature of habit and once it works > right for me, I'll know how to use it the > next time and for as long as I wish, it > will perform just how I want it to; no > mysteries. I want a radio that is updated > such that hardware and software are made > available to improve what I had earlier > bought. Elecraft does this and none of the > others do. Made here in the USA too. Put > that on the wish list for Icom. > > Would I like a big knob here & there? Not > if I'm not going to use it. Do I need a > better contesting rig? With my K3 and wire > antennas I keep on winning state and > division contests in my class, I don't > think more knobs would give me better > scores. Faster typing might help and maybe > better ears but that's organic deficits, > not electronic. > > Would I like a big rig that is a cross > between a computer and a microwave? No, > not unless it also cooks for me like a > microwave in the middle of one of those > contests. I'll take a BrontoBurger with > cheese & Chippotle sauce from the > replicator, please. > > You two are a whole lot younger than I am > and with that, the odds being what they > are, you'll likely be designing and making > radios well after I'm gone from this coil. > So with that little bit of reality I can > say that there is nobody who makes a radio > I want more than my K3s at this time. You > keep innovating and I'll have a company to > support and in the process, I'll spruce up > my shack in these here Golden years with > the finest upcoming radios money can buy. > > I don't need the newest and greatest > immediately, I can wait. But when I do > want that, I know exactly where to get it; > on Westridge Drive in Watsonville, > California. > > 73, > > Gary > KA1J > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
