[Elecraft] Re: Wording

[Mike]

N2EY@aol.com wrote:

> there is a BIG difference between homebrew and kitbuilt.

I agree.  To say that any kit rig is home brew, unless you are also the
designer of that rig, is to assume without merit 99 percent of the glory
for one percent of the effort.

I've homebrewed stuff since the 1960s, and I've built kits for 25 years
(Heathkits, and seven QRP kits in the last three years).  Actually
building a kit is the most mindless and menial part of the whole
process.  The design and production of the kit package, coupled with the
great amount of effort required to produce instructions with which
potentially minimally skilled individuals may have a reasonable chance
of success,  represent the real achievement.  When I look at my K1 and
accessories, I see *my* effort that I put in building the set as work
that would have been performed as below-minimum-wage work.   It could
been performed more quickly, reliably, and economically by machine, for
the most part.

No kit can honestly be claimed as homebrew by anyone other than the few
who were responsible for its design and production.

IMO, of course :-) .

Mike / KK5F