[Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

[Phil LaMarche]

Knobs are arriving Monday.  105.00 plus 5.00 shipping.  Taking PP orders.

Phil 


Philip LaMarche
 
LaMarche Enterprises, Inc
 
727-944-3226
727-937-8834 Fax
727-510-5038 Cell 
 
www.w9dvm.com
 
K3 #1605
 
CCA 98-00827
CRA 1701
W9DVM
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO [mailto:w5wvo at cybermesa.net] 
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:00 PM
To: Phil LaMarche; 'Guy Olinger K2AV'; 'Sam Morgan'
Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

K3 knob??? All I can see on the website is "K3 BLACK/BRONZE COMING SOON!!" 
You mean they actually have them, but haven't gotten them on the website
yet? Do you know what they look like? Weight etc.?

Bill W5WVO

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From: "Phil LaMarche" <plamarc1 at verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:34 PM
To: "'Guy Olinger K2AV'" <olinger at bellsouth.net>; "'Sam Morgan'" 
<k5oai.sam at gmail.com>
Cc: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)

>
> W9DVM ordered his black K3 knob this morning.
>
>
> Philip LaMarche
>
> LaMarche Enterprises, Inc
>
> 727-944-3226
> 727-937-8834 Fax
> 727-510-5038 Cell
>
> www.w9dvm.com
>
> K3 #1605
>
> CCA 98-00827
> CRA 1701
> W9DVM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger 
> K2AV
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:25 PM
> To: Sam Morgan
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wow! Nice Knobs :-)
>
> $94 ?!
>
> I have always loved my K2 in spite of the knob.
>
> By the time a friend of mine told me about those neat little Yaesu 
> knobs that would fit the K2, that small stock had sold out never to be 
> replenished.  I think I maybe missed it by a day or something.
>
> Ever since I have been looking for a knob replacement as my short 
> stubby fingers always seem to run on the edge of the tuning knob and a 
> contest's worth leaves little sensitive spots.  But I knew I was 
> simply not good enough with a grinder/sandpaper to take down the edge 
> without making the knob ugly.
>
> Now a $94 knob shows up that is weighted and really looks good. This 
> is really a dilemma for a stingy, money-grubbing tightwad like me that 
> only spends money after six to twelve months of whining, 
> introspecting, and agonizing. Never a chance I'd buy a BMW.  A K3 is 
> justified because it will improve NY4A scores, help me hear EU QRP 
> basement noodle antenna types on 40, help support an American business 
> putting out superior technology, allow me to NOT buy/build a bigger 
> desk space to go SO2R, yada, yada.  But followed by months of guilt 
> over spending that much money on ANYTHING.
> (This attitude IS good for 401k's, retirement annuities, etc.)
>
> My shrink says I can give a $100 bill to a friend (proxy), have him 
> order it, and bring it to a PVRC club meeting in a plain brown 
> wrapper. He also asks since we have saved all that money for 
> retirement and I'm retired, am I ever going to spend any of it?
>
> But that really DOES look good on a K2.  Support another American 
> cottage enterprise.  Time to invest in pulling out of the recession.
> Black or Bronze?  Probably black.  $94?  (gak, choke, schnork, gnash, 
> mmmvff).
>
> 73, Guy.
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Sam Morgan <k5oai.sam at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Lee Buller wrote:
>>>
>>> This is way cool.  I would not get one one....read cheap here.  But, 
>>> I
> just love cottage industries.  Filling a need or a desire.  I think the
> Finger Dimple Guy is great too.    Way cool.  Cottage Industries are way
> cool.
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