[Elecraft] Soon to have K1

[Darwin, Keith]

Howard,

That's great news!

Several years ago, my wife and I went for a few rides in various
friend's boats on Lake Champlain.  It was OK.  Not exciting, not
enticing, just OK.  My wife began thinking it'd be fun to have a boat so
we ended up buying one.  I discovered something interesting.  It is much
more fun to go boating in your own boat than in someone else's.  Boating
went from semi-interesting to loads of fun.

An Elecraft rig is much the same.  It's fun to put a new rig on the air
and make QSOs with it but it is much like using someone else's rig.
They built it, all you did was open the box, hook it up and skim the
manual.  With an Elecraft rig, the rig is yours long before it is on the
air.  You built it.  You know the areas that are good & bad.  When it
works, there is a sense of pride and accomplishment that enhances each
and every QSO.  There's a sense of confidence as well, knowing that if
something goes wrong, you'll be able to get it diagnosed and fixed.

So, welcome a'board.  The K1 is a great little rig that is a joy to use.
If it is anything like my K2, it'll also be fun to build.

73!

- Keith KD1E -
- K2 5411 -

-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Pepper

My wife, bless her, ordered a full-blown K1 for me this past weekend,
for my birthday this year.  The condition on this is I can't put it
together until my birthday (August 26th), but at least it will be here,
waiting.

This just might be my best birthday ever!

73, Howard
AC4FS