I was on a West coast trip in September of 2018 and dropped in at Elecraft headquarters at Watsonville unannounced on a Friday afternoon. It was an amazing experience as I was able to tour their facility. Met a number of their associates and very much appreciated their friendly reception. I achieved a much better understanding of their commitment to our great hobby. I am a K3S and KX3 owner and took some great photos of my visit and highly recommend a visit if you are in the neighborhood. I was even given a free Elecraft hat.
Mike KA8IMZ Celebrating 40 years in Amateur Radio Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 14, 2020, at 2:02 AM, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > I apologize in advance for the length of this post. > > I had been an SSB operator exclusively since I became a ham in 1982. I went > QRT for 7 years, because SSB grew stale for me. A little over 3 years ago I > decided to dust off my incredibly rusty/nonexistent CW skills and bought a > preowned K2. I had never heard of Elecraft before I reconnected with my CW > friends who all had Elecraft rigs. > > Now I own a KX2 for portable use, KX3, PX3, and KXPA100 for my base station. > At 72 years old I decided to treat myself to my first world-class rig by > becoming a member of the first shipment group for the K4. > > The reason I give this background is because my 4 year journey to become a > dedicated cw rag chewer, comfortable at 20-30 wpm came about in part because > of my love of operating my Elecraft rigs. My renewed love of ham radio and > CW is intertwined with Elecraft and with what Wayne and Eric have created. > > I will be driving from OR to So. Cal. in March on Hwy. 1. I see it runs > within a stone’s throw of Elecraft’s HQ in Watsonville. > > For those of you who have been there before, is it a worthwhile stop? I > don’t expect to see Eric or Wayne there if I stop, but at a minimum I would > like to thank their fine staff for creating what has become an integral part > of renewing my love of our great hobby. > > 73, > > Terry, N7TB > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
