I grew up with a stack of pristine ARC-5 receivers. My dad had worked
on them during WWII and bought half a dozen when they were cheap in the
50s. When I opened them up I found each part was placed just so; the
resistor color bands all lined up with the tolerance bands in lock
step. I just could not bring myself to touch them with a soldering iron
even years after dad had passed away. It would be like dismantling a
sculpture.
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
On 1/8/2017 2:42 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
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]
______________________________________________________________
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]
