[Elecraft] Re: KBT3?

[SidShusterman]

Several years ago I displayed a product at a trade show.  Although we had 
working prototypes we did not have a pretty model to put out for the show. 
Using a timer chip, some LEDS, a building brick , nice silk screening and a 
snazzy case we allowed customers to pick it up and heft it.  We received 
lots of physical comments such as "Say, you must have a lot of parts in 
there." The working ones were secured to the table so the customers could 
verify the product worked.
Elecraft continues to prove that perception is NOT reality.
My K3 should be here in 2 weeks.  I am more excited than a ham with 47 years 
on his license should be!
I congratulate Elecraft for a well thought out and implemented product line.
73,
Sid K3SX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WILLIS COOKE" <wrcooke at flash.net>
To: "wayne burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com>
Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" 
<dougzzz at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:29 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: KBT3?


> Whatever you offer Wayne, be sure that it weighs at least 50 pounds.  If 
> you have to, ballast it with a couple of cement blocks.  You need to 
> accommodate the group that really wants a work out and would like a 
> transceiver that functions as a barbell as well as a ham radio.
>
> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
> K5EWJ
>
>
> --- On Sat, 1/3/09, wayne burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>
>> From: wayne burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
>> Subject: KBT3?
>> To: wrcooke at flash.net
>> Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>, "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" 
>> <dougzzz at gmail.com>
>> Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 10:38 AM
>> WILLIS COOKE wrote:
>>
>> > Wayne, for those who complain that the K3 is not heavy
>> enough I
>> > suggest that you sell a battery box to attach to the
>> bottom with a 100
>> > amp hour gel cell.  That should make it heavy enough
>> to give anyone a
>> > hernia.
>>
>> This is left as an exercise for the reader  :)
>>
>> OTOH, we could offer an internal Li-ion battery for the K3
>> that would
>> be interchangeable with the KPA3 module. We could get about
>> 7 AH in
>> there, I bet. Built-in fast charger, charge monitoring at
>> the front
>> panel, separate fuse.... hmmmm.... nice for QRP
>> picnic-table outings.
>>
>> A fuel cell would be even more fun.
>>
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>>
>> ---
>>
>> http://www.elecraft.com
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