[Elecraft] Re: Discovering Elecraft

[lhlousek]

OK. It's only two days short of the second aniversary of my first Elecraft order so here�s my "Discovering Elecraft"
story.

I was active for a couple of years in the mid 60�s when I was a kid but QRT when I got into high school. My station back
then was a home brew 40/80m 6146 TX and BC348 and BC454 receivers.  Thirty years later (1996) I was flying R/C
helicopters and decided to get a general ticket so I could use the 6m R/C frequencies.  I didn�t do another ham related
thing for five years.

The week after Xmas 2000 I had some time on my hands and was paging through a QST thinking it might be fun to put
together a small QRP rig and try a little operating again.  I saw the Elecraft ad among others, did a couple of days
research on the web, and joined the Elecraft reflector thinking I would order a K1.  It didn�t take long to get talked
into getting a K2 instead.  January 2, 2001, I ordered a K2, KAT2, and KNB2.   Kit s.n. 1818 & options arrived the
following Sat and I had them built and working FB the following Wednesday.  It took me another week to get an antenna up
and have my first QSO.

About 6 months later I built a K1 with all options.  My excuse was I needed a smaller rig to take with me when traveling
on business.

Thank you and happy New Year.

Lou W7DZN