[Elecraft] UK Elecraft reviews

[Robert Cochrane]

This is my first post to the reflector - my K2 kit is on the way and I have 
been lurking and building testing equipment in the meantime.

Paradoxically, I first heard of Elecraft in the RSGB Radcom.  Richard 
Newstead G3CWI, the Adventure Radio guy www.adventureradio.org wrote a very 
complimentary review of the K1 in September 2001.  His review gave a really 
good feel for why guys still build kits, although his comments on the K1 
mixer were possibly a bit unfair, given the attention to CW filtering, 
weight and power consumption.

He also has a K2 and his description interested me.

After seeing the Elecraft website, I realised that it would be the K2 
(recall that K2 was the "American Everest" when I climbed as a kid) for me.

Radcom has mentioned the K2 favourably since then, but generally in the 
small print of the technical topics columns.  PW finally ran a review last 
December by Neill Taylor G4HLX.

It's all history now, but the news is spreading over here.

Rob M0RAC


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