[Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

[Steve Ellington]

U.S built rigs have been first for most inovations.

Subject to correction on all of these:

TenTec
1. Triton - First totally solid state rig.
2. Triton - First QSK cw rig
3. Triton - First to use contact paper to cover it's cabinet. + lots of 
their other products.
4. Triton - First to use red axle grease in a PTO that dries hard in a few 
years and requires rebuilding.
4. Omni 6 - First DSP use. (Of any kind even if it was just audio).
5. Orion - First rig to advertise "roofing filters".
6. Omni VII - First rig to provide ethernet port and IP connectivity.
7. Paragon - First with Alpha numeric tags for memory display.
8. Powermite - First QRP solid state kit rig? unsure
9. AC-5 tuner - First tuner with no cabinet and alligator clips to change 
taps. (and last)!
10. KR-40 - First iambic solid state keyer with built in paddles.
11. Omni-A - First rig to offer dual, in-band receive if equipped with their 
external VFO.
12. Omni V - First rig with a remote tuning knob.

First "black box, no knob" rig:
Kachina

First Sound card - IQ - SDR rig.
Flex-1000

First rig with internal antenna tuner:
TS-930

First HF rig with detachable faceplate:
IC-706

First HF rig with RS-232
ICOM (something)??

First HF rig with internal power supply? TS-930?

First HF rig with an internal cw keyer?

First HF rig with upgradable firmware (externally flashable).





Steve Ellington
N4LQ at carolina.rr.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Jensen" <k6dgw at foothill.net>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of 
all time?


>> Darwin, Keith wrote:
>
>>> How long do you think we have to wait before folks begin speaking of
>>> the K3 as one of the most influential rigs?
>>>
>>> And what rigs would you say are the most historically influential?
>>> Which ones caused a major shift in the history of amateur radio?
>>>
>
> I would unequivocally vote for the KWM-2.  In addition to incredible
> stability, frequency setting repeatability, great audio, and all it's
> other features and capabilities, it ushered in the era of transceivers.
>  SSB was fairly hard with separate TX and RX, until the "one-box radio"
> automatically assured that you transmitted where you were receiving.
> The result was a massive, wholesale change to how ham radio worked on
> the air.
>
> I love my K3, and its performance and features will run circles around a
> KWM-2, and I wouldn't be surprised if it sets the performance bar for a
> long time to come.  But it still is a transceiver.  For causing "a major
> shift in the history of amateur radio," Art Collins gets the Nobel in my
> book.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2009 Cal QSO Party  3-4 Oct 2009
> - www.cqp.org
>
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