K3 knob??? All I can see on the website is "K3 BLACK/BRONZE COMING SOON!!" You mean they actually have them, but haven't gotten them on the website yet? Do you know what they look like? Weight etc.?
Bill W5WVO -------------------------------------------------- From: "Phil LaMarche" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:34 PM To: "'Guy Olinger K2AV'" <[email protected]>; "'Sam Morgan'" <[email protected]> Cc: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-) > > W9DVM ordered his black K3 knob this morning. > > > Philip LaMarche > > LaMarche Enterprises, Inc > > 727-944-3226 > 727-937-8834 Fax > 727-510-5038 Cell > > www.w9dvm.com > > K3 #1605 > > CCA 98-00827 > CRA 1701 > W9DVM > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger K2AV > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:25 PM > To: Sam Morgan > Cc: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-) > > $94 ?! > > I have always loved my K2 in spite of the knob. > > By the time a friend of mine told me about those neat little Yaesu knobs > that would fit the K2, that small stock had sold out never to be > replenished. I think I maybe missed it by a day or something. > > Ever since I have been looking for a knob replacement as my short stubby > fingers always seem to run on the edge of the tuning knob and a contest's > worth leaves little sensitive spots. But I knew I was simply not good > enough with a grinder/sandpaper to take down the edge without making the > knob ugly. > > Now a $94 knob shows up that is weighted and really looks good. This is > really a dilemma for a stingy, money-grubbing tightwad like me that only > spends money after six to twelve months of whining, introspecting, and > agonizing. Never a chance I'd buy a BMW. A K3 is justified because it > will > improve NY4A scores, help me hear EU QRP basement noodle antenna types on > 40, help support an American business putting out superior technology, > allow > me to NOT buy/build a bigger desk space to go SO2R, yada, yada. But > followed by months of guilt over spending that much money on ANYTHING. > (This attitude IS good for 401k's, retirement annuities, etc.) > > My shrink says I can give a $100 bill to a friend (proxy), have him order > it, and bring it to a PVRC club meeting in a plain brown wrapper. He also > asks since we have saved all that money for retirement and I'm retired, am > I > ever going to spend any of it? > > But that really DOES look good on a K2. Support another American cottage > enterprise. Time to invest in pulling out of the recession. > Black or Bronze? Probably black. $94? (gak, choke, schnork, gnash, > mmmvff). > > 73, Guy. > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Sam Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Lee Buller wrote: >>> >>> This is way cool. I would not get one one....read cheap here. But, I > just love cottage industries. Filling a need or a desire. I think the > Finger Dimple Guy is great too. Way cool. Cottage Industries are way > cool. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
