[Elecraft] My K2 arrived today!!

Mon Oct 6 20:35:01 2003

Hi, Mike,

Your serial number is on a brown envelope.  Inside the envelope is the
sticker you place on the rear panel.  You sound just like a kid at
Christmas!  Good for you!  Congratulations, and have a ball! All the help
you'll need is here on this Reflector!

73,

Bill
NA7Y

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael D. Heit KD7YLA" <[email protected]>
To: "elecraft" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 1:05 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] My K2 arrived today!!

> On Wednesday I'll turn 55. Soooo... the wonderful folks at Elecraft
> decided that getting my K2 kit to me on time would be a great birthday
> gift... not that they knew that or even care, however, the kit did
> arrive today, snail mail.. now to inventory. Thank you to all the folks
> at Elecraft for your incredibly fast delivery. I ordered just about all
> the options you can put on a K2 except for the 100 watt amp (later) so I
> expected about three or four weeks delivery time. I sent the check into
> them on the 30th of Sept five days ago, and it is all here. Now that's
> what I call service!
>
>  Ok, now dumb question # 1 on this oddesy: where is the serial number
> for the K2, is it a tab sticker that is put on the back of the case? I
> looked at the case itself and there is a spot for the #, but no number.
> I took a preliminary look through the bags and didn't see a tab, similar
> to the Heathkit tabs.... it really isn't important unless I have a
> problem or missing parts, etc, but I was curious about this.
>
>  Tonight I have class, so tomorrow I shall begin the process of
> inventory. I am taking it with me on Wednesday night class for "show &
> tell" ...
>
>   Having built several Kitfox and Avid kit airplanes, I have discovered
> how critical it is to first take the time to inventory all the parts.
> This kit has far more parts in it than any Kitfox I ever built. At least
> it seems so .... the last kit I built of this complexity was the
> Heathkit GR2000 television with the on screen digital display ... the
> hardest kit I ever built? The Heathkit HW-9 ... but that was in High
> School many years ago and it was my first ever kit. I had only built a
> crystal radio receiver prior to that. An old (old to me at the time)
> Elmer by the name of Ed DePue, about 70 at the time was my mentor along
> with my scoutmaster Mr. Burris. My how the time flies .... getting back
> in to ham radio is like reliving your Christmas dreams (all of them) all
> over again ...
> Just some musings from a newbie (again) .... looking forward to getting
> the rig on the air.
>
>   Since this is also doubling as a class project for my Communications
> Systems class at ITT Tech where I am pursuing my Electronics Engineering
> degree, I must have it completed by end of December to gain credit for
> the project. The professor is very interested in the K2. Who knows,
> maybe I can convince him and some of my fellow classmates to get their
> licenses ....?? I am thinking of forming a student Ham Radio club on
> campus, is there such a thing around the country? Wonder how one would
> go about doing that? Forgive my musings folks, it's just that I am
> really excited about this project. Just wanted to share some of the joy.
>
> 73, MIke Heit KD7YLA
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