[Elecraft] Open Letter to 'HHQ / On Drinking the Kool-Aid and Other Things

[Corboy-Poteet]

Steve, I admit I didn't read most of your email, too long; if you are
a software man you must work for Microsoft.

Look, 98% of us who ordered early figured Elecraft would never make
their initial ship date; 98% of the 98% soon realized it would drag on
for a while. But, guess what, we don't give a diddly-damn.

Faith it may be but it's not blind faith. It's based on years of
association with Elecraft; these guys are truly good, they deliver on
their promises; no Kool-Aid.

As for the firmware, this is a software defined radio; the firmware
will never be finished.  I expect what we see in the current K3 is
just the base system.  It's a TRS-80; an IBM PC with an 8088 chip and
640KB of memory.  Get your K3, kick back and enjoy the ride; it's
going to be worth the wait.

Mike   W5FTD






> I've been licensed since 1977.  Never been part of one of these radio 
> cult things.

> Never drank the Kool-Aid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid for 
> those who don't "get" the reference).  I once owned a Ten-Tec Omni VI 
> for a couple of weeks.  Sold it: had lots of quirks nobody would talk 
> about, and the factory denied.  Definitely some kind of cult thing 
> going on over there.

> Didn't realize what I was getting into when I ordered a K3.  Lucky 

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