[Elecraft] K3: 7.2 pound tuning knob

[K3KO]

Remember after WWII when scrap metal used to be collected and sent to Japan? 
I often wonder where it went.  Now I know.

de K3KO

DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
> 
> Bill, W4ZV said
> 
>>BTW I had to laugh out loud when I saw a new IC-7700 owner tout its
> 7.2 pound tuning knob!  Gosh "he could've had a K3" for only 1 more
> pound!
> 
> 
> Yup, it's true.  On a weekly basis, I still get to appreciate the size
> and weight (or lack of) of the K3.  I am (lately) moving lots of stuff
> on the desk around, opening up the K3, etc and there is NOTHING like
> being about to lift the entire rig up off the desk with ONE HAND while
> the other hand is free to do "other stuff."  A very long way from
> thinking that I should have help when simply "moving" a brand X rig
> off the desk.
> 
> And excerpted from a private email from Wayne to me on May 5, 2007, in
> describing the vision....
> 
> "Affordable -- portable -- high performance."
> 
> Portable?  VP6 showed that.
> High Performance?  ARRL and Sherwood, plus lots of happy users show that
> Affordable - YMMV, but on a "bang for the buck" scale, "without a
> doubt" and beyond reproach.  Again, taking Bills' example of the
> IC7700...well, all I can say is "give me a break."  How many K3's can
> you get for one 7700?  :-)
> 
> We should all celebrate in what Elecraft has accomplished...beyond
> just the radio itself, but in setting (through achievement) new
> benchmarks.
> 
> de Doug KR2Q
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