[Elecraft] Elecraft technology

[David A. Belsley]

Sverre:
  I think wonder behind the K2 is really a combination of a very large 
number of things:

 1.  Single conversion, low noise
 2.  low power draw
 3.  small size
 4.  excellent portability (due greatly to two preceding items)
 5.  4 variable IF filters
 6.  fun of building and pride therewith
 7.  ability to maintain
 8.  excellent tech support from Elecraft
 9.  excellent additional support and info from reflector
10.  stability of operation
11.  flexible expandability
12.  tremendous (remarkable) cw note
13.  ingenious (amazing) physical design (minimal wiring)
14.  cleanliness of output
15.  good pricing
16.  timely and creative upgrading
17.  fun of operating

Any and all of these have been around in other rigs, but not altogether in 
one rig.  I think the K2 is just one heck of a feat.  It's not easy to 
think of how it could have been conceived and produced by anyone -- and if 
that's not a ticket to uniqueness, I don't know what is.  Wayne and Eric 
(with later additional help from some friends) are what makes the K2 
unique.  So put

18.  Wayne and Eric.

best wishes,

dave belsley, w1euy



--On Thursday, September 4, 2003 5:05 PM +0200 Sverre Holm <la3za@qsl.net> 
wrote:

> I am trying to figure out what it is which is so unique about the
> Elecraft products, apart from the pride of ownership that comes with
> something one has assembled oneself. I guess I am trying to get to the
> roots of the mojo.
>
> Is there something in the circuitry of the K1 and K2 which is based on
> recent technology? Could they have been made say ten years earlier? What
> about
> - toroids
> - pic processors
> - crystal filters
> - IC's
> - LCD displays
> - ....
> where they all available in 1988?
>
> One thing that comes to mind is the fact that the internet exists now,
> and I remember seeing the building of an internet community as part of
> the Elecraft business plan. Maybe the internet has made kit-building
> into something completely different from what it used to be?
>
> Your comments are invited!
>
> --
> 73,
> Sverre
>
> ------------------
> Sverre Holm, LA3ZA
> www.qsl.net/la3za
>
>
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David A. Belsley
Professor of Economics