As I am retired and planned on being on the air a lot I find I use my new K3about 40 hours a week. I find the "ergonomics and packaging perfect formy use. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Rick W3BI
> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 18:54:07 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 how often do you use it? > > Randy, > > I use my K3 probably 30+ hours per week and I find it superbly suited for my > purposes. A bigger box with more knobs I don't need but that's just me. > YMMV. > > Tim K5OI/qrp > Ruidoso, NM > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Randy Downs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I fellow said "Elecrafts ergonomics and packaging is not appealing enough > > for most people despite its receiver performance. They could fix it by > > putting the K3 into a bigger box with a decent front panel and more knobs, > > but they wont. They wont because they are listening to the wrong people who > > dont have a clue about marketing and who dont understand the psyche of most > > everyday hams. Hedging your bets on a small group of hams who turn their > > radios maybe 5 times a year while ignoring those who use a radio probably > > every second day is not wise." > > in a message to me. I guess now the question becomes, how often do you use > > your K3? I use mine at least 10 hours a week. We need a poll I guess. > > Randy > > K8RDD > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
