[Elecraft] Weight of equipment

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:05:58 -0400, Bob Waddell <n4bgr at hotmail.com> wrote:

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Yes, Bob, the K3 is truly amazing in both performance and weight.

Thank you, Elecraft, for the sturdy use of aluminum in most of the K3
construction.

For those of you who may not know that plastic we use, including packaging
materials (groceries and all sorts of things) is made from petroleum, every
piece of plastic not used keeps a little money here instead of in the OPEC
countries.

  
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