[Elecraft] New Rev B K2

Wed Nov 6 22:09:01 2002

Couldna said it better myself!

Joe, W2RBA
K2 #1299
K1 #1005
Both much modified

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:10 PM
> To: [email protected]
> 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