[Elecraft] K3 how often do you use it?

[Rick Johnson]

As I am retired and planned on being on the air a lot I find I use my new K3about 40 hours a week. I find the "ergonomics and packaging perfect formy use. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Rick W3BI

> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 18:54:07 -0700
> From: k5oi at arrl.net
> To: randyddowns at gmail.com
> CC: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 how often do you use it?
> 
> Randy,
> 
> I use my K3 probably 30+ hours per week and I find it superbly suited for my
> purposes.  A bigger box with more knobs I don't need but that's just me.
>  YMMV.
> 
> Tim K5OI/qrp
> Ruidoso, NM
> 
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Randy Downs <randyddowns at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I fellow said "Elecrafts ergonomics and packaging is not appealing enough
> > for most people despite its receiver performance. They could fix it by
> > putting the K3 into a bigger box with a decent front panel and more knobs,
> > but they wont. They wont because they are listening to the wrong people who
> > dont have a clue about marketing and who dont understand the psyche of most
> > everyday hams. Hedging your bets on a small group of hams who turn their
> > radios maybe 5 times a year while ignoring those who use a radio probably
> > every second day is not wise."
> > in a message to me. I guess now the question becomes, how often do you use
> > your K3? I use mine at least 10 hours a week. We need a poll I guess.
> > Randy
> > K8RDD
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