FW: [Elecraft] motto

[N2EY@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/10/02 11:01:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
rakefet@rakefet.com writes:

> Dan Barker wrote:
>  > 
>  > I don't understand it. 
>  
>  > Eric Manning: "The complex design, numerous features and very compact 
> packaging have made the transceiver ... a 'store bought' item that is 
> extremely difficult  for the individual amateur to duplicate at home."
>  
>  They are saying, quite correctly, that to SCRATCHBUILD a modern transceiver
>  would be very hard.  Even with detailed plans, procuring parts, making 
> boards,
>  doing metalwork, etc. would be a massive undertaking -- and one that could 
> fail.

I've designed and built multiband 100W HF amateur transceivers at home. 
They're not miniature, though. But it can be done.

I think what the Handbook writers were doing was to explain why there are no 
projects in the Handbook to build your own FT-1000 equivalent.
  
>  However, building a kit is...yes, EASY!  So let's not pat ourselves on the 
> back
>  too much -- we are standing on the shoulders of the people who design and
>  produce these kits.

Yup - it's easy because of the genius of those who designed the kits, wrote 
the manuals and produced the entire package, then stood behind it with tech 
support and upgrades - AND managed to do so at a competitive price. 

Duplicating is easy compared to building the first one.

I still have and use my latest pre-K2 homebrew transceiver. But not as much 
as my K2! 

Here's a thouht - maybe future issues of the Handbook wil use a K2 as the 
example transceiver....

73 de Jim, N2EY
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