[Elecraft] RE:Comparison

[Buddy Brannan]

I, for one, am glad I have a K2 instead of a Ten-Tec Argonaut, and for
at least one very specific reason. Well, morre than one, but at least
one: Elecraft is committed to making their rigs as accessible to
disabled ops as they can. Ten-Tec, on the other hand, seemed somewhat,
shall we say, less than receptive to suggestions along this line. More
accurately, one engineer there made some positive noises about it, but
no one actually *did* anything about it. Seems to me that Ten-Tec has
the perfect base to start from in this regard with a more-or-less
completely software-defined radio, and some of the changes I suggested
seemed to me that they'd be easy enough to implement, if not entirely
in software, with pretty minimal changes. Nope, they didn't seem to
give a rat's patooty about it. Seems they used to care about these
things, but now...nothin...and I understand I'm not the only one who's
brought these concerns up, either. Elecraft, on the other hand...KX1,
KRC2, always taking and implementing suggestions. Need I say more?
I've had several great dialogues, as have a couple other blind
Elecraft users, with Jack Brindle and Elecraft Wayne, and I always
left them feeling that not only were my suggestions actually listened
to, they were taken seriously. I know that this is really an
over-arching Elecraft philosophy, not just applying to accessibility,
and that means a heck of a lot more to me than *any* lab
numbers--which, BTW, Elecraft rigs also excel. :) 

Let's not even talk about the flexibility of the K2 and how it can be
optioned (is that a word?) 

I'll tell you this: Elecraft will, so long as they're here, get my
business! 

Vy 73,
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