[Elecraft] Re: about this K2 mojo

[n5pip]

I'll echo what Chris wrote.
 I just received my K2 on Monday (4/11/05), purchased from the estate of 
George W5YR (SK).
 I was tuning through 17m at 2357z on 4/12/05. Heard a strong 59 station 
running a pileup on 18.135. K9SG/PJ2.
What the heck, I'm running 10w into a vertical. Let me give it a try. Whoa!! 
He's answering me! And we exchange 5x9 !!!
15 minutes later (0112z, 4/13/05) I'm trolling through 20m. A strong S9 
station at 14.202 . A huge pileup. Well, my 10w is fired off again. What? 
he's calling for the Papa India Papa station to try again. This is getting 
really interesting. So I go back, "N5PIP/QRP". K9LZJ/PJ2 replies, "You're 
5x3, try lower power". So now I'm REALLY sitting up straight, I lower to 5 
watts, get another 5x3. Lower again to 1 watt. Still 5x3. Lower to 1/2 watt, 
then 1/10th watt. Still getting 5x3. Now we're BOTH amazed. He wants to know 
what rig I'm running.  "ELECRAFT K2, of course", I proudly reply. He replies 
something to the effect that he's going to have to seriously look into 
Elecraft a bit further.
   Now I want to know, do Wayne & Eric pay commissions?????!!!!
   To paraphrase an older popular commercial, "When Elecraft speaks, people 
listen".

73 de Stirling, N5PIP
K2 #0489