[Elecraft] OT: the gods must be crazy

Joe Planisky jplan at jeffnet.org
Sat Aug 21 00:11:40 EDT 2010


Something like that (a glow-in-the-dark trim ring for the tuning knob)  
could actually be useful on the KX1.  Just the thing to make it easy  
to find the rig in total darkness without putting additional drain on  
the batteries.

73
--
Joe KB8AP

On Aug 20, 2010, at 5:48 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:

> 1.  When I was a kid (a long time ago), TenTec was known as the CW
> man's radio.
> 2.  As tubes faded away, the lament often heard was "real radios glow
> in the dark."
>
> Well, check out tentec.com
>
> 1.  They now say, "The SSB Company"  ????
>
> 2.  You won't believe their approach to "glow in the dark" radios.
> Wonder how Elecraft will face this unique approach????
>
> I guess you can never tell what marketing approach will work.  :-)



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