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

[Nick-WA5BDU]

Let's see.  I'd had the FT-1000 for about eight years and had a bit of 
new rig fever, plus a bonus check was looming and I didn't want to 
fritter it away on food and shelter!  When I bought the FT-1000, I liked 
the fact that it was a "real boatanchor" in size and weight.  But after 
I gimped up my back a bit later I started longing for a rig I could take 
to Field Day without killing myself.

I liked the FT-1000 pretty well, but reports of chirp and clicks, 
especially in QSK mode, made me abandon QSK on it.  That and the 
clacking relays.  My previous rigs had included a Triton II, Triton IV 
and Corsair, all of which had excellent QSK.  I thought the K3 might 
take me back to smooth QSK with good transmit quality on CW, my primary 
mode.

I'd never owned or used an Elecraft product before, but I'd been active 
in QRP for ten years or so and always heard glowing reports on the K2 
and other products.

So those were the major factors and here I sit, still well pleased to  
have such a fine transceiver.

73-

Nick, WA5BDU