Jerry Spot on. Thank you for your advice to this new ham. 73 Gerald KC6CNN
> On Jul 19, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Jerry Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will throw my view into the mix. > > As a new Ham operator you have no idea what you want to do in the hobby > other than EVERYTHING!!! > In addition to wanting to do everything we're also most often budget limited > to some extent. > > Challenge: Weigh the desire to do everything with the most cost effective > way to get started until we know what we actually enjoy. > > Suggestions: > 1. Find a mentor (in our hobby they are called Elmers) to help you along, > get you on the air, and help you get experience to find out WHAT you ENJOY > doing in the hobby. > 2. Meet with as many hams who do different things in the hobby as you can > and ask them to show you that part of the hobby....example: HF, UHF/VHF, > EME, DX, Contesting, Different modes....etc.. > > Once you know what you ENJOY in the hobby you can best invest in the > resources to engage. > > > My world view of ham radio gear specific to Elecraft: > > Most Gear Advantage (generalizations): cheaper, simple to use/operate > (appliance operator ), may have firmware updates. > Most Gear Disadvantage (generalizations): limited to the manf. Design limits > and locked to model, firmware updates generally limited to correcting bugs > and not generally to add features/functionality. > > > Elecraft Disadvantages (my opinion and generalizations): High entry price, > operator MUST learn to use the gear, configurations can be complex and are > generally open ended > Elecraft Advantages (my opinion and generalizations): Gear is highly > adaptable to conditions and configuration based on operator demands a the > time, hardware and software upgrades (both hardware and software upgrades > have traditionally been for new features/functionality in addition to bug > fixes). > > > > > Summary: I would have been happy with a less expensive radio, however, I > would have been frustrated at the limitations. I purchased my Elecraft K3S > specifically to avoid the frustrations I've experienced with other gear in > the past. To date I've not been let down (although the cost of the options > has prevented me from doing the add-ons that would be nice to have..e.g. sub > rx, P3..etc). > > Jerry Moore > AE4PB > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
