Built to a PRICE in ASIA :-) Every ham wants his IC-718 to sound like a $10,
000 radio but only pay $599
:-)))))))))
Yeah, had one of those KWM-2 things and it sure was pretty inside and
smelled so good when it was cooking :-) " THE SMELL OF HOT TUBES IN THE
MORNING, THE SMELL OF VICTORY " :-))
But the thing was crap on CW, but it was a phone mans wet dream !! It did
have great AUDIO but wasn't all that sensitive though.
Things always seem better in MEMORY LANE :-) I loved my DRAKE C-LINE but it
had hum and other assorted problems.
Right NOW I love my ORION II but the K-3 may make me change my mind :-)
soooooooooooooon I hope, maybe even before the snow flies ? Say it isn't so
, Christmas and no K-3 , mine heart is wounded or whatever that D-DAY
message was ...................
The K-3 is coming ....................... coming .........................
soon ?
K-3 DAY !!
Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett gazdzinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:44 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] that Drake or Collins "sound"
On the kwm2 and kwm2a, cw was an afterthought, and done
in a poor way. I think they used audio tones into the mike circuit
for CW, and maybe the ssb filter?
I don't think those rigs were great CW radios.
Not sure about the drake 2b, the r4c I had was very nice for its
age, and with some mods can be as good as the modern stuff I hear.
Mine sounded quite nice stock, under normal conditions anyway.
I don't suppose any of the old stuff would be any good in any
contest, but maybe some of it sounded much better on all modes.
Not everyone contests or goes after rare DX, but everyone
seems to be stuck with poor sounding radios these days,
because they are built for contests, or for general coverage
from 50KHz to 50MHz, or use noisy parts, or poor designs,
or whatever....
Brett
N2DTS
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