Yep, 1998 I believe. I built mine in 2000 and it was S/N 1289 after working several of them on the air the previous year or so.
73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 4:29 PM To: Doug Person; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just RX'd KX3 Serial No. 10,028! I think the K2 was available pre 2000 and I was a field tester. 72 & 73, Bill K9YEQ, FT'er for K2, KX1, KX3, KXPA100, KAT500, W2, etc. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Person Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 10:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just RX'd KX3 Serial No. 10,028! Isn't that exactly the same life span of the K2 -- which is still available? Doug -- K0DXV On 11/8/2017 5:59 AM, Graziano Roccon wrote: > Collins... 817... 706... K3... > You are all wrong. :-) > > Sorry guys but i think is the Kenwood TS-2000, from 2000 to 2017 and still in production and for sale. > No other radio reach a so long time in production and availability on the market (maybe is a record). > > Down the hat... > > Ciao, Graziano IW2NOY > > >> Il 8 novembre 2017 alle 2.25 Raymond Sills <[email protected]> ha scritto: >> >> >> I say that the Yaesu FT-817 is king of the hill. Over 250,000 sold, and still selling. >> >> >> 73 de Ray >> K2ULR >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Walter Underwood <[email protected]> >> To: Elecraft <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, Nov 7, 2017 7:57 pm >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just RX'd KX3 Serial No. 10,028! >> >> We know that the K3 sold nearly 10,000, so add in the K3S sales, and that is more than the KX3. >> >> ICOM sure sold a lot of the IC-706 series. I would not be surprised to see that at the top of the list. >> >> If we are talking rigs made specifically for amateurs, the Collins S-line might not qualify. If we are talking all HF, it is probably some marine or aircraft HF box. >> >> wunder >> K6WRU >> Walter Underwood >> CM87wj >> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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]
