[Elecraft] My K2 is unbelievable!

[Gary D Krause]

Hi Brian,

I totally agree.  I enjoy soldering and trouble shooting also.  I was just 
trying to convey to Kent, that for me, it's more than that.  I certainly 
wasn't trying to say that it should be that way for everyone.

I probably should have changed the subject of my post to something like, "This 
thing is friggin amazing", to borrow your term, instead of what I used.  I 
certainly wasn't trying to imply that my K2 is better than anyone else's.

Anyway, I'm excited about the K2 as I'm sure everyone else is.  That's a good 
thing, no?

Gary, N7HTS


On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:45:48 -0700
  Brian Lloyd <brianl at lloyd.com> wrote:
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> On Jun 15, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Gary D Krause wrote:
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>> Oh come on Kent! :-) You are missing the point.  I know it's mostly  
>> about propagation but, when you build a rig yourself and it  
>> performs better than your expectations, it's hard not to react like  
>> a novice (which I am not) with your first contact.  You may look at  
>> it as just progagation, a bunch of diodes, capacitors, resistors,  
>> etc., but, there is a lot more to it than just that.
> 
> Yes, but it is also about propagation and components. That doesn't  detract 
>at all though. There is something very satisfying about  putting a radio 
>together, debugging it, aligning it, and putting it  on the air.
> 
> And you know what? We forget just what a marvel radio is. I still get 
> excited about the ability to send data, audio, and video long  distances 
>without wires. It is just friggin' amazing!
> 
>> ...Yep, for me there is a lot more to ham radio than just technical  
>> stuff.
> 
> But for some of us it is the science and technology that just tickles  us no 
>end. Isn't it great that ham radio lets us do all this!
> 
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