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

Vic K2VCO vic at rakefet.com
Tue Feb 17 20:35:39 EST 2009


Wes Stewart wrote:

> OK, I considered it:  The Swan was a ten-meter transceiver that received on 11-meters.
> My K3 receives the BC band to 30 Mhz, including the CB band. So what? I once owned a
> KWM-1 that was removed from a B-47. (Likely one that had been overflying the Soviet
> Union) It tuned and transmitted anywhere between 14 and 30 MHz given the correct
> crystal plugged into a removable box on the front panel. I believe that rig has been
> mentioned before in this thread as a milestone radio.  Should we did up Art Collins and
> chastise him?

I didn't say "it was possible to use it illegally". I said "It was designed to appeal to 
CBers operating with illegal power and VFOs". There's a difference.

I bet Eric is coming along to squash this thread soon!
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco


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