[Elecraft] SKN 2012

[Don Wilhelm]

John,

If you think my fully upgraded (and packed with all options for a QRP 
K2) original Field Test K2 SN 00020 will be replaced by a KX3, you have 
another "think" coming.
Yes, I will have a KX3, but that old K2 will still be "rolling along".
It may not do prime duty in the home station - the K3 takes of that, and 
it will no longer be the Field Radio of Choice once the KX3 is in hand, 
but it will sit faithfully on the operating desk and be used in sort of 
an SO2R position with the K3.
I hope my heirs treat it with respect as well, but that is out of my 
control.  So in the future, if you youngsters run across a K2 SN 00020, 
know that it was mine, and it was never sold in my lifetime.

Oh yes, Happy New Year to all - 2011 is just about gone.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/31/2011 5:27 PM, John Oppenheimer wrote:
> Straight Key Night is just a under two hours away:
>      http://www.arrl.org/straight-key-night
>
> If you have a straight key, and maybe a vintage CW station, then it's
> time to get on the air. Those of you that have a K2, then you may have a
> vintage rig ready to go:
>
> vin·tage
> adj.
> 1. Of or relating to a vintage.
> 2. Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.
> 3. Old or outmoded.
>
> Is the year for the K2 the date it was designed, a decade ago, or when
> it was built? My K2 is vintage 2011.
>
> The K2 is absolutely; excellent, very mature, and, because it's still
> sold today, must have an enduring appeal.
>
> Alas, the K2 is old and outmoded, as it will soon be replaced by many KX3s.
>
> Happy New Year,
> John, KN5L
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