[Elecraft] Silly Question

[TWC]

GW0ETF skrev:
>
> Tom McCulloch wrote:
>   
>> That not a silly question at all, I think its a good one.
>>
>> Is it "Ella" or "Elly"?
>>
>> I'm a CW guy so I don't get to "hear" it on the air...but it seems that
>> most
>> of the times I've heard in eyeball qso's its been "Elly".
>>
>> I have heard the origin of the name is indeed from "Elegant" and "Craft"
>> as
>> Mike points out.
>>
>> 73/72 de,
>> Tom WB2QDG (with the New York accent).
>> k2 1103
>>
>>
>>     
>
> When I tell old timers who don't read the ham comics or the various web
> reflectors that I have one of those Ellycraft radios, they all as one reply
> ".....a Hallicrafters..?"
>
> 73,
>
> Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF
>
> Ellycraft K3 #0145
>   

The question is not silly at all.
And the answer is presented by Eric & Wayne on elecraft.com, page 'Home':

/How do you say Elecraft?/    *Ele *(as in "Elegant") *+ Craft.

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Best 73's,
Rolf
SMØYQC
K2 #4979