In a message dated 8/21/06 8:32:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> one of the things that is SO ABSOLUTELY AMAZING about > the K2. It gives such fabulous performance for such a low price. I'm > looking at a $600 transceiver that does a better job as a receiver than > a top-tier (for it's day) dedicated receiver. With all due respect, the 2-B was not a top tier rx even in its time. It was a very good rx, then and now, particularly for the price. (Check out how much competing receivers cost back then). Drake also made the R-4 family in the same time period - at a substantially higher price. The real Standard of Comparison among ham receivers of those days was the Collins 75S-3. And for what they cost, they should have been! And as I've compared the > > K2 to other more modern rigs, the K2's prowess shines even greater. > > I loaned my K2 to a friend. He used it for a week. Came back and his > first comment was "wow, I love that receiver". He didn't really know > what Elecraft was. Now he's talking about building a K2 when the winter > months come. > Why wait? Start one now and be ready for the fall. 73 de Jim, N2EY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
