[Elecraft] Re: K3 Key-down on power-up [Solution?]

[Brett Howard]

When I was a kid and had my tech license I only operated on 2m packet
and fm repeater operation.  I really liked that I could go in on 2m or
440 and then come out on HF packet and get a little further.  But the
only time I got to operate on the real bands was during field day.  As a
kid I loved it cause they'd set me up and let me run all night long.
I'd never sleep a wink cause I wanted to get in as much HF operation as
possible.  I thank all the gentlemen who let me use their rigs during
field day.  So far this field day is the first day I've ever broken a
rig.  All I can say is thankfully I was the one operating it when it
died!

On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 19:37 -0400, N2EY at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/29/08 8:43:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> jcox123 at bellsouth.net writes:
> 
> 
> > Why anyone would let a "stupid user" 
> > operate their > 2K radio at a field day site is beyond me. 
> 
> OTOH:
> 
> One of the things FD is supposed to be is a training/education exercise. 
> While it's certainly not a 100%-accurate simulation of a real emergency drill, 
> there's always something to be learned. (I've done ever single FD since I was 
> licensed in 1967, and learned something on every one.)
> 
> Part of that education is learning about stuff we don't ordinarily do. The 
> first Elecraft I ever saw in real life was N3IUT's K2, whose sn is under 200. 
> All the ads, numbers and testimonials in the world did not have the impact of 
> using that rig under FD conditions. 
> 
> Sure it's a risk to let someone else use a rig - of any price. I've always 
> thought that one should not bring something on FD that one cannot tolerate 
> losing, or having damaged. 
> 
> But I'm still grateful to those many amateurs over the years who let me and 
> others use FD rigs we could not have owned ourselves at the time, and so learn 
> what distinguishes a great rig from a good one.
> 
> In 1970 I was a 16-year-old, licensed just three years. Yet the let me run 
> the 40 meter CW setup overnight on FD that year. The rig was a Drake R-4B/T-4XB, 
> worth something like $1200 at the time. More like $5000-6000 in today's 
> money.
> 
> 73 de Jim, N2EY
> 
> 
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