[Elecraft] taking the plunge

Wed May 7 15:03:00 2003

Andy:
  Congrats; you sure did the right thing.  You are going to have a ball. 
Just relax, now and once you get the K2 in the mail.  Just take your time 
and don't worry.  It is fun work if you're not afraid -- and there is 
absolutely no reason to be afraid.  The kit is fantastically engineered. 
It goes together as sweet as silk.  The parts fit just as they should, and 
all the holes line up.  It's not like many kits where you need a shoe horn 
as part of the tool box.

  Speaking of tool box: At our age, a good lighted magnifying stand is 
essential.

  And remember, Elecraft provides super support.  So does this reflector. 
There are a lot of knowledgable, experienced guys that are around most of 
the time, day and night.  So just relax and enjoy.  I think you will find 
that most of the chaps on this reflector consider the building of their K2s 
and K1s to be among the most satisfying things in their hamming careers, 
and this includes a lot of us who have built many a kit over many a year.

best wishes,

dave belsley, w1euy

--On Wednesday, May 7, 2003 1:46 PM -0400 Andy Bullington 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> This morning I called Elecraft and ordered up a K2 and noise blanker and
> I'm sore afraid. This will be the first kit I will have built since 1971
> when I put together an Eico stereo amp so I could listen to my Santana
> records. Hope this wasn't a foolish thing to do, but with all the guys
> I've been working on 40 meter cw raving about their K2s, I was powerless
> to resist. Wish me luck, guys.
>
>                         Andy W1AWB
>
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David A. Belsley
Professor of Economics