[Elecraft] K3: NOT an analog radio.

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Yur welcome and enjoy all of your stuff.

I run back to my Johnson Ranger, Johnson Courier amp, and 75A3 when I
have analog withdrawal symptoms (often enough).   I also have a Yaesu
FT101ZD that was a gift that I'll probably never sell.  When I get
homesick for a real RF gain control and S-meter that's on an AGC
control bus, I fire up the 75A3.  That STILL is really smooth audio.
But it can't hear the Russian 100 watt crowd on the monster 40m quad
out at NY4A.

A Ranger and a 75A3 was the first ham rig I ever saw in Columbus, Ohio
in 1956. That was "hard sky" back then.  Highest sunspot cycle in my
lifetime, and 11 meters was a ham band.

I used to drool over Valiants.  Wanted one so bad I could just spit.
Settled for a beat-up used Ranger.  When I started making money, I
built a Heath SB300 and SB400. Souped those up and used them at W4BVV
in the 70's alongside Collins rigs.  S-line was something else I
drooled mightily over.  Saw my first S line at the ARRL convention in
Wash DC in 1959.  They also had an old spark transmitter that they
fired up intermittently for two days -- had FCC permission.  When you
left the room after watching that with the lights out, you felt like
you had SEEN radio.

73, Guy.

On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Ralph Parker <ve7xf at dccnet.com> wrote:
>>This ain't your daddy's analog radio...
>
> A frightening article, especially for a guy who still uses his Valiant and
> NC-303!
>
> But seriously, folks, it was very informative, and gave me something to
> think about while being dragged into the 21st century.
> Tnx, Guy.
>
> VE7XF
>
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