[Elecraft] New Rev B K2

Wed Nov 6 21:52:01 2002

How very well said, Ron. You took the words right out of my mouth. I
personally didn't think the mods were too difficult, maybe I'm ready for
NASA!

73
Larry
WA2DGD
K2 #1672
ARCI QRP #11215
NJ-QRP# 395
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] New Rev B K2

> K6SE wrote:
> Although the mods improve the K2, they remove the professional
> appearance of the inner workings of the radio by those unsightly jumper
> wires and added parts... ruin the internal appearance of their radios.
> -----------------------------
> Ruin??
>
> Perhaps for you and some others, but not for all of us.
>
> I'm a designer and builder, not a manufacturer of a finished product.
> Some of the "professional" work I have been most proud of was a mass of
> jumpers on the design bench. Once the screws are in the cabinet for the
> last time I start tinkering with something else. That's why I don't own
> a 'factory-built' rig. The "lasting value" in the K2 for me is in the
> constant changes and improvements.
>
> Not everyone wants to do that, I know. There have been many posts on
> here about keeping their K-rigs "exactly as they came from the
> 'factory'.." That's fine for those ops and their rigs will indeed look
> pristine on the display table forever.
>
> I'll bet that there are just as many of us who see the rig as just the
> current iteration of a lot of tinkering and fertile ground for a lot of
> ideas to be tried. For us the beauty is not in the lack of cut traces
> and jumpers or odd parts hung on the boards, it is in the latest
> modification that (finally) works properly.
>
> So "ruined" by adding jumpers and changes?  Perhaps for some, but not
> for everyone.
>
> Ron AC7AC
> K2 # 1289
>
>
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