[Elecraft] What made you decide on purchasing an Elecrafttransceiver?

[Kevin Rock]

You are welcome Carl!

My first introduction to the K3 was at Ozarkcon the same day as Visalia.   
I was stalking N0SS and slipped into his room.  He got a call from Wayne  
who gave the go ahead to announce the new rig.  That was when Tom let me  
look on his laptop at the files about the K3.  I copied those to a USB  
drive and brought them home.  Years later I asked AB7R about the  
transverters going inside the K3.  He was taken aback and disabused me of  
the notion.  Feeling a bit squashed I mentioned the early specs showed a  
slot for them inside.  I was later vindicated when the transverters found  
their original spot.

My first introduction to Elecraft was from a magazine ad in QST.  I needed  
a rig to build and found it.  I had not been involved in amateur radio  
since the late '60s so found the world had changed.  Thinking I would  
never use CW I bought the K2 and the SSB module.  That part was fun to  
build but for some reason has never been used ;)  The K2 was used as a CPO  
for the summer and finally I squeaked by my element one test.  Somehow the  
K2 had gotten me from Tech to Extra in one exam :)

Later in the year I first met the K3 (by proxy) I was at Pacificon where I  
got to meet Eric and Wayne and the K3.  Somehow or another I fell for it  
and walked out of the venue with a sales receipt in my pocket.  I think I  
will blame it on Lisa but I know she will never testify to it :)

Thanks for the many years of fun guys!
    73,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS



On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:23:54 -0800, Carl Clawson  
<carlclawson at frontier.com> wrote:

> It was love it first sight.
>
> Kevin, KD5ONS, dragged me over to the Elecraft booth at the 2007 Sea Pac
> convention after I mentioned that I was looking for a new HF rig and was
> considering a K2, among other choices. This was shortly after the K3 had
> been announced and I hadn't heard of it yet.
>
> Oh, I read the specs, knew about the K2's fantastic performance, etc.,  
> etc.,
> and all the other reasons you've heard. But really, I was hooked the  
> moment
> I saw it. I ordered mine a few weeks later and waited eight ... long ...
> months ... for it to arrive.
>
> During the wait, I auctioned off 20 years worth of unused gear in the  
> shack
> and raised enough to pay for it!
>
> Thanks, Kevin!
>
> 73, Carl WS7L
> K3 #486
> P3 # uh, don't have one yet but I'm weakening...
>
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