[Elecraft] Re: Wording

[Don Wilhelm]

Ed and all,

I just couldn't resist - most of us DO take pride in our kit building, but I
think referring to it as homebrew is a bit of a stretch.

I have done a lot of homebrew - ranging from duplicating a published design
to doing my own design from scratch - and yes, I have built many kits in my
45 years of hamming.

I also take great pride in my homebrew even though many of them never end up
in nice neat enclosures, the experience of making something operate properly
that I have designed from scratch is quite gratifying, but then so is having
a great operating kit which looks great too.

I would never say that a kit was homebrew - even if it does qualify in many
contests.  OTOH, I don't mind if other folks want to refer to it as
homebrew.  I will say that if someone tells me that he has a homebrew K2, I
would conjure up a mental picture of the K2 design built from scratch.  I
think it is sufficient to identify it as the K2 "kit" (or "kitbuilt" if you
prefer a longer form) - homebuilt says almost the same thing, but homebrew
says something entirely different to me.

73,

Don Wilhelm  - Wake Forest, NC   W3FPR home page: http://www.qsl.net/w3fpr/
  QRP-L # 485   K2  SN 0020   mailto: w3fpr@arrl.net



----- Original Message -----

> What a shame that some of you guys don't take more pride in your kit
> building.!  I agree, it is NOT homebrewing.  But I've had many people look
> at the guts of my K2 and remark, "What a beautiful job of building!"  If
> it's truly "mindless," "menial," etc., everyone would be doing it.
>