[Elecraft] taking the plunge

Fri May 9 09:59:01 2003

All this talk is drawing me in.  I have been pondering a K2, but haven't 
"taken the plunge".  I have built a number of kits, but nothing nearly this 
complicated.  Or should I start with a K1?

Rick
KC0PET

>From: "Dave" <[email protected]>
>To: "Andy Bullington" <[email protected]>
>CC: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] taking the plunge
>Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 18:59:20 +0100
>
>You'll need more than luck Andy... you'll need the phone number of
>Elecrafter's Anonymous!
>
>These things are addictive and should carry a government health warning. I
>bought my K2 well over a year ago and still keep adding to it, the last 
>item
>being the thermistor modification (that will be included with yours). The 
>K1
>is a little less addictive as there are less options and accessories.
>
>The K2 (basic version) takes around 40 hours to construct.
>
>Dave, G4AON
>K1 #1154, K2 #1892
>
>www.astromag.co.uk/k2/
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andy Bullington" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 6:46 PM
>Subject: [Elecraft] taking the plunge
>
>
>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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