Snip [...It is hard to believe, but 7 years ago today, I finished my K2 S/N
1422 and had the first QSO on it...]
Well.. THAT DOES give me hope Steve..! I must have purchased my beloved K2
S/n 01432 soon afterwards... AND SHE'S STILL NOT COMPLETE..!!
They say Life Takes You On A Journey.. It certainly has here..!, what with
health problems that I am plagued with daily (I suffer from Spina
Bifida and are confined 24/7 to a wheelchair for mobility), an just when I
started out on this journey my landlord in their wisdom decided to
Update all 74 houses here on the sheltered housing complex I stay in here in
Stirling, Scotland..
As The Eagles would say.. ..it's a long, long road.. with many a winding
turn..!! Boy am I sure lookin' forward to it's end..
Snip [...The rig has worked great since it was completed..]
Well, I came to join the Elecraft Brother And Sisterhood, kinda late in
the proceedings, I had heard about the rig, and all the wonderful things
It was supposed to be capable of doing then join the family here on the
reflector.. Been here ever since, what a Wonderful family to be part of
For sure, never in the history of my Ham Career have I been so privileged
to be part of such a wonderful bunch of folks, ..can't ever ... see me
Leavin'..
Snip ...I have incorporated the various mods (new crystals,latest firmware
etc)and accessories KSB2, KAT2, KIO2, KNB2, KAF2, K160RX. The rig and the
KPA100 and KAT100.. have served me well and should for years.
Yip..! Got All That Still To Come..! I really hope that when the day comes
and she's all complete and ready to go that I too am fortunate enough to
Have that experience,.. for me building the K2 WAS..Building The Dream.. a
boyhood dream from the tender age of 11 years, all I wanted to do was
build one of those radio's like the radio ham's do and have my own
shack, ...talk to AMERICA nothing else mattered (and still doesn't),
here we are 17 lightening fast years down the line, and I have managed to
fulfil that dream in so many ways..
1: Became A Ham in February 1990, same day I moved independently into my
first home of which I am still living in at present ..
2: Speak/Spoke to AMERICA nearly every day since including during the
sunspot decline and minimum on the HF bands, made literally thousands (or
could it be millions..!) of friends around the world, not only in AMERICA
but from All 4 Corners Of The World..278 Countries To Date to be exact..
3: BUILT One Of Those Radio's Like The Radio Ham's Do.! Then duly bought
another one from Wayne Eric (still to be built)..!
4: Here we are 17 years later and Still learning and enjoying this wonderful
hobby we are all so blessed to be part of..
5: Only Thing left to do .. is Get Them Finished..! (which I'm working
on.!)
Life couldn't be sweeter..! (Unless of course I lived in AMERICA or Alaska
with Multi-Band 100 Foot Towers.. 1 or 2KW (at my disposal..!)
AND if only I had learned electronics and Ohms law ..much MUCH..earlier in
my life, and was better at construction that I am today..
Thanks for sharing your little insight into your Journey Steve with the
Elecraft K2, you have given me and probably countless others around the
World tonight the inspiration to go on and get the job done..
To all those folks that have been and are waiting patiently on the day when
they finally receive their K3's be patiend..
..Our Day Will Come..
Hope to work you along with each and everyone of our fellow Elecrafter
brothers n sisters someday soon, when my health and schedule permit me to
Melt More Solder I know there are folks out there just waiting in
anticipation on that day..
To Wayne, Eric, our very own Mr Elecraft Don Wilhelm W3FPR, Tom Hammond
N0SS...all the Crew at San Aptos..each and everyone that has helped
Me along the way...
Y'all Listen Out For ...ME.. Ya Hear..
72's 73's[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andy
GM0NWI
Elecraft K2 Fully Loaded QRP S/n 01432
Elecraft K2 Fully Loaded QRO S/n 05469
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