Several years ago I displayed a product at a trade show. Although we had
working prototypes we did not have a pretty model to put out for the show.
Using a timer chip, some LEDS, a building brick , nice silk screening and a
snazzy case we allowed customers to pick it up and heft it. We received
lots of physical comments such as "Say, you must have a lot of parts in
there." The working ones were secured to the table so the customers could
verify the product worked.
Elecraft continues to prove that perception is NOT reality.
My K3 should be here in 2 weeks. I am more excited than a ham with 47 years
on his license should be!
I congratulate Elecraft for a well thought out and implemented product line.
73,
Sid K3SX
----- Original Message -----
From: "WILLIS COOKE" <[email protected]>
To: "wayne burdick" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]>; "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:29 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: KBT3?
Whatever you offer Wayne, be sure that it weighs at least 50 pounds. If
you have to, ballast it with a couple of cement blocks. You need to
accommodate the group that really wants a work out and would like a
transceiver that functions as a barbell as well as a ham radio.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Sat, 1/3/09, wayne burdick <[email protected]> wrote:
From: wayne burdick <[email protected]>
Subject: KBT3?
To: [email protected]
Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]>, "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL"
<[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 10:38 AM
WILLIS COOKE wrote:
> Wayne, for those who complain that the K3 is not heavy
enough I
> suggest that you sell a battery box to attach to the
bottom with a 100
> amp hour gel cell. That should make it heavy enough
to give anyone a
> hernia.
This is left as an exercise for the reader :)
OTOH, we could offer an internal Li-ion battery for the K3
that would
be interchangeable with the KPA3 module. We could get about
7 AH in
there, I bet. Built-in fast charger, charge monitoring at
the front
panel, separate fuse.... hmmmm.... nice for QRP
picnic-table outings.
A fuel cell would be even more fun.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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