Please everyone, we don’t need the “appliance operators vs builders” argument here. Those are flavors of amateur radio, not levels of goodness.
I was an appliance operator in 1970, with a BC-348 receiver and an ARC-5 transmitter. My Elmer got those working for me. See you on the æther, wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jan 8, 2017, at 1:51 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Much of the market has changed over the years with more and more coming into > amateur radio who are moreor less operators and not builders (as I view it > they are the ones missing out on 90% of the fun of amateur radio).But as I > would tend to believe Elecraft wants to stay in business they need to evolve > with the changing market. > I have built a few radios that were surface mount and they can be a little > more of a challenge than through hole,but not nearly as hard as I initially > thought they would be, just a but different in the thought process and work.I > think Elecraft would be hard pressed to sell a lot of K3's that were 100% in > Kit form (as in solder the boards). > > The K2 was a great radio and I really enjoyed building it (and in a moment of > foolishness I sold it). > Of the few radios I regret selling the ones I actually built are the ones I > regret the most. > > From: Jim Rogers <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 10:00 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Support > > And I agree with you and Kevin Ron. Sometimes with growth cracks occur > and you might just fall through one now and then. But you remain > faithful to the cause. There is one Elecraft radio that will never leave > my shack and that one is my faithful K2/10 with that wonderful receiver. > It has the battery supply and that great antenna tuner and every option > except the 100W amp. > > Jim, W4ATK > > K2, K-Line > > > On 1/7/2017 9:32 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >> Yes, it is clear Elecraft's primary customer base has shifted from builders >> to operators. By "operators" I mean Hams who want a rig they plug in, turn >> on, and use on the air or perhaps tinker with interfacing it with their >> computer, etc. >> >> I agree with Kevin. >> >> 73, Ron AC7AC >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 2:56 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Support >> >> Sigh >> >> Kevin. KD5ONS >> >> >> On 1/7/2017 2:36 PM, Jim Rogers wrote: >>> Does anyone remember the good old days, back when the K2 was king, you >>> would call support and would be routed to an engineer or perhaps in >>> the case of the DSP2, Lyle himself? I remember developing a real >>> friendship with a guy out west, who worked from his home. Eventually >>> we shared phone numbers. Or you would turn to the back of the K2 >>> manual and there find the complete schematics and chapter 9, "Circuit >>> Details"? Yeah, I know, those were the days of thru-hole kits, solder >>> smoke, and, "gee I wish I had not done that", when you lifted a trace >>> and had to break out the blue wire to make things right again. Things >>> were better then....those really were the good old days...things were >>> more personal then..... >>> >>> Jim, W4ATK >>> >>> Licensed: General Class Sept 1953 >>> >>> K2, K-Line >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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] >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
