[Elecraft] K3: KPA500 vs XYL

[Wes Stewart]

You guys are lucky to still have your XYLs.  My best friend died in January.  If she was still here and if I wanted a KPA500, she would tell me the same thing that she said when I wanted a K3, "You want it, buy it."

Now I regret not giving her everything she wanted.

Wes  N7WS

ps. I don't want a KPA500, I wanted a KPA1500.

--- On Sat, 4/9/11, Kevin Luxford <elelist984 at elitemail.org> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> 
> None of those XYL blandishments would work with my beloved
> of over 48 
> years married life.  At the time we got engaged, I
> gave her a string of 
> pearls.  She asked me, "How much did they cost?" 
> I should have 
> recognised the warning signs then.
> 
> Several years ago, we were in Sorrento in Italy.  I
> took her into a 
> jeweller's store and told her that as I was getting on in
> years, she 
> could have any ring in the store (within reason) that she
> fancied.  She 
> told me that she would rather have the money in the bank in
> case she had 
> to put me onto a nursing home.
> 
> Still, she cares for me, she really does.  Always been
> at my bedside 
> when coming out of an anaesthetic.  As the Brits say,
> "Mustn't grumble!"
> 
> Well, guys, enjoy your KPA500s.  I will just have to
> build mine with an 
> MOT power supply and 813s or a Russian GU74b.
> 
> 73
> Kevin
> VK3DAP / ZL2DAP