[Elecraft] How I Found Elecraft

[Lee Buller]

I was prowling the booths at Dayton.  I had an itch to buy a new rig and I was looking at the ICOM 746.  I already had a ICOM 765 (very sweet sounding radio) but it had started acting very strange.  I had sold it and l was looking to buy.

I saw the K2 and fell in love.  My amateur radio buddies had to tear me away from the rig chiding me that would be a mistake to buy the rig.  They actually talked me out of it and I went on to buy the IC746 that very day.

The IC746 was OK, but was not a good contest radio like the TS850 or the IC765.  I was unhappy with the selectivity.  I then found a used FT1000MP and was set.

Then I came to Dayton again...saw the rig again...and went home and scraped the dollars together to buy one.  I never told my ham radio buddies I was going to buy the K2.  I had an ITCH and the K2 was the scratch.  I was BORED with ham radio.  BORED, BORED, BORED.  I hardly went to the shack and hardly operated except for contests.

I have yet to allow my contest buddies to use the rig.  They are skeptical of how it would work in a contest.  Little do they know.  HHHARRRRRR.  

I enjoyed ham radio again.  I am building something that works.  What a hoot.  I cannot express how much the K2 has rejuvinated my interest in a hobby that has captivated me for 38 years.

Lee - K0WA

 



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