[Elecraft] To those about to rock, we salute you (K3 v. K2)

[Don Wilhelm]

Al,

I have similar regrets about my first transmitter - the 5763/6146 
transmitter that was in the ARRL Hnadbook for 1955 and 1956.  It too was 
cannibalized for parts at a later time, and I have often considered 
building another from scratch, but now cannot find all the required 
parts at a price I am willing to pay.

And too, I sometimes think about the current value of all those ARC-5 
radios that I was able to buy for $5 to $10 back then - they were great 
parts resources at that time - if I had left them intact, I could have a 
nice fortune now.

Nostalgia is 'catchy', and hindsight is always 20-20 vision.

73,
Don W3FPR

Alan Bloom wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 16:56 -0800, eric norris wrote:
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>> My biggest regret as a ham is selling the Heathkit HW-16 and HW-101 I built in my youth--to buy a used TS-520.  It makes me sick thinking about it.
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> My biggest regret is that I no longer have my first homebrew project, a
> one-tube (6U8A) regenerative short wave receiver built from an article
> in Popular Electronics magazine back when I was in high school in 1967.
> It worked great until I cannibalized it for parts.  :=(
>
> Al N1AL
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