[Elecraft] K3: NOT an analog radio.

[Robert Harmon]

Guy,
I hope we are not drifting off forum purpose here but wanted
to say you are bringing back happy memories.  I used to have 
a 75A3 also.  Beautiful receive.  Remember many enjoyable 
evenings rag chewing on 75 with my feet propped up on the 
desk holding my D-104 mike.   I'd better curtail this, hi,hi.

73,
Bob
K6UJ



On Oct 9, 2010, at 6:41 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:

> 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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