[Elecraft] New Elecraft rigs...

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/6/07 2:30:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
brett.gazdzinski at verizonbusiness.com writes:


>   don't know if people want it smaller, or they push 
> smaller stuff to the people, or if it's a young thing, or what.
> 

1) Smaller is usually less expensive to make, to pack, and to ship. (Smaller 
usually also means lighter, too).

2) A small thing can be used in more places than a large one. Like mobile.

3) As homes tend not to have basements and usable attics, people have less 
space. Yet they also tend to have/want more stuff. If the stuff is smaller, they 
can have more of it.

4) The size of old things was often determined by the size of the parts 
inside, and how much heat they gave off. Look at an ARC-5 receiver or transmitter - 
it can't get much smaller. As parts have shrunk, so have front panels.

5) If people buy the smaller stuff, the mfrs. make it.

This isn't a new thing. Back in the 1960s, W9BRD's "How's DX" column carried 
a story about how the author was trying out a new rig loaned by a friend. Nice 
"little" modern transceiver (NCX-3?) but the shack Siamese cat, Madame Mu, 
didn't like it because she could not comfortably rest atop it. 

73 de Jim, N2EY 


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