[Elecraft] K2 - the next TenTec Argonaut.

[Darwin, Keith]

My first modern rig was a used Argonaut 515 I bought in 1985.  Nice on
CW, wide on SSB, 2 watts out was pretty light.  But it was the top of
the line QRP rig and I loved it for that.
 
Time moves on.  TenTec struggles, transitions to a direct-sales company
and eventually produces a truly top-level contest rig.  They certainly
benefited from the move to direct-sales.  But what of the Argo line?
 
They have an Argo V these days, and it is cheaper than the K2 with
options, but I have a K2.  I sometimes think about getting an Argo
because they're "the top of the QRP rigs" ... then it occurs to me.  No,
the K2 is the top.
 
I guess I don't really view the K2 as a QRP rig :-)  It is too good to
be "just" a QRP rig, but in reality it is.
 
So I say the title of King of QRP has passed from TenTec to Elecraft.
Yea, I suppose y'all already knew this but it is a relief for me to
realize it.  I can quit thinking about getting an Argo V.
 
- Keith N1AS -
- K2 5411.ssb.dsp -