Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Keith Heimbold
. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:15 PM To: Elecraft Group Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Lance Collister, W7GJ
...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:15 PM To: Elecraft Group Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago notification that my KX3 is arriving soon. I am so looking

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Phil LaMarche
, W7GJ Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:42 PM To: Keith Heimbold Cc: Elecraft Group Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification Keith, I wouldn't suggest to your XYL that they are both in the same awesome class! They both have been in the oven about the same length of time, though

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Brian Alsop
, 2012 6:15 PM To: Elecraft Group Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago notification that my KX3 is arriving soon. I am so looking forward to taking it with me wherever I go. It may help me pass the time when my wife is in labor

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Keith Heimbold
; however, many electrons were inconvenienced. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:15 PM To: Elecraft Group Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification I am so

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Fred Jensen
Many years ago, $/watt actually *was* a measure used in evaluating transmitters [they were all either transmitters or receivers then, until Art Collins invented the KWM-2]. Transmitters all sort of followed the same architectural pattern and were not what you might today call feature-rich.

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Andrew Moore
You'll have to name the new kiddo Wayne or Eric! On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Keith Heimbold ag...@hotmail.com wrote: All- Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is due to arrive Friday. Just received UPS notification. Maybe our new baby boy and my new KX3 will arrive on

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Keith Heimbold
We got the first name picked out but middle name still eludes us. Not a bad idea. Maybe Wayric. Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Andrew Moore andrew.n...@gmail.com wrote: You'll have to name the new kiddo Wayne or Eric! On Wed, Jul 18,

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Jim Lowman
Features of the new transceivers are nice, but there's something to be said for the simplicity of the old boatanchors. Receivers and transmitters had similar controls, with similar names, across many manufacturers. This was handy at a club station, Field Day or a multi-radio contest effort. None

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Wayne Burdick
If it's a girl: Ellie (as in Ellie-craft :) Wayne On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Andrew Moore wrote: You'll have to name the new kiddo Wayne or Eric! On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Keith Heimbold ag...@hotmail.com wrote: All- Update: baby is still in the oven and KX3 shipment is

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Bill K9YEQ
Group Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification If it's a girl: Ellie (as in Ellie-craft :) Wayne On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Andrew Moore wrote: You'll have to name the new kiddo Wayne or Eric! On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Keith Heimbold ag...@hotmail.com wrote: All- Update

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Sure, but the transceiver goes way back into the 1930's, long before Art Collins. 73, AC7AC -Original Message- Many years ago, $/watt actually *was* a measure used in evaluating transmitters [they were all either transmitters or receivers then, until Art Collins invented the KWM-2].

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Fred Jensen
On 7/18/2012 6:48 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Sure, but the transceiver goes way back into the 1930's, long before Art Collins. Yep, and there was also the KWM-1. None of these truly became popular in the sense of all over the place, and none of them hastened the transition to SSB like the

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Jensen Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:17 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification On 7/18/2012 6:48 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Sure, but the transceiver goes way back into the 1930's, long before Art Collins. Yep, and there was also the KWM-1. None

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-18 Thread Gary Gregory
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:44 PM To: Andrew Moore Cc: Elecraft Group Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification If it's a girl: Ellie (as in Ellie-craft :) Wayne On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Andrew Moore

[Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-17 Thread Keith Heimbold
I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago notification that my KX3 is arriving soon. I am so looking forward to taking it with me wherever I go. It may help me pass the time when my wife is in labor at the hospital if it arrives soon (she is due two weeks from today). Just need to figure out

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification

2012-07-17 Thread Joe K2UF
- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:15 PM To: Elecraft Group Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Shipment notification I am so stoked! I received a few hours ago notification that my KX3 is arriving