[Elecraft] Re: Building a Kit

[Phil Wheeler]

Aside from all that, "mindless and menial" can also be therapeutic :-;

Phil

Joe Malloy wrote:

> Hi, gang:
> 
> 
>>Actually building a kit is the most mindless and menial
>>part of the whole process.
>>
> 
> Then, one is forced to ask, what is Elecraft selling, what did Heathkit
> sell, what did Eico, Lafayette and others and, moveover, what do the
> numerous QRP-rig sellers sell, a chance for a "mindless and menial" task?
> *I'm* paying for this?  (Hey, I want my money back!) [They'll get my K2 from
> me over my dead body!]
> 
> Actually, I think you got a bit carried away with your appreciation of
> "homebrew."  Yes, the bulk of the work is in the design, no one who has a K2
> would think otherwise.  But it does take some modicum of effort to assemble
> a kit, no matter how foolproof it may have been designed, especially a
> fairly complex kit like the K2.  No, I don't refer to my "homebrew K2" since
> to do so would suggest I copied the schematics and made it all by myself.
> But by the same token, most "homebrew" items depend on someone else's design
> and schematics, are we going to devalue them too?
> 
> Let's recognize the skill and talent that went into designing a K2 (or
> whatever) AND the skill and talent that goes into constructing one that
> works.  We can all agree that the former takes more effort, but we can do so
> without diminishing the effort required of the latter.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Joe, W2RBA
> 
> 
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