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

[Milt, N5IA]

Al and Don,

I echo you sentiments.

Since we are all confessing our "mistakes" of the past in which we had no 
thought of the future, let me tell my "I wish I hadn't done it".

In 1965 as a poor college kid I desparately wanted to get on SSB.

So, I traded my kit built Eico 720, my kit built companion plate modulator 
Eico 730, my kit built Heath VFO, my National NC-60 with a home brew 
Q-Multiplier and 6 months of payments from my summer job on the farm; all 
for a used Swan 350.

I truly wish I had that first station in my possession today.

Milt, N5IA



> 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:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> 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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