[Elecraft] RSGB Article

[Julian (G4ILO)]

I wrote a review of the K2 after I finished building #392. I never offered 
it to RadCom as my understanding was that you have to be a member of one of 
the committees, or a pal of someone who is, before they will take you 
seriously. I did send my review to Practical Wireless, who wrote back that 
they never accepted unsolicited reviews because they wanted to ensure 
impartiality. I thought that was a joke given the already dreadful quality 
of reviews in that publication.

Incidentally, I've never seen it mentioned on the reflector but there is a 
good two page review of the K2 in, of all places, the 2003 catalogue of 
Waters and Stanton PLC (the major ham radio dealer in the UK.) What's even 
more interesting is that it is written by Peter Waters himself. According 
to the caption of the main photo, the K2 is now Peter's current station. So 
get this: the boss of Britain's biggest ham dealer, who has the latest gear 
from every manufacturer in the world at his disposal, chooses to operate a 
10W Elecraft K2. Can you get a better endorsement than that?

73,
--
Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP, K2 #392)
G4ILO's Shack: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo

R Hirst wrote:

At Last the RSGB is publishing an article on the K2! I contacted them =
some 2 years ago by phone and they were disinterested. Never heard of =
the K2 I was told. I don't know how you managed it Bob but well done. I =
wonder why its taken some 3 years? The Far Eastern products seem to be =
reviewed as soon as they hit retailers.

Rowland
G4APO  K2-236  K1-156