[Elecraft] Fw: Why I won't purchase K3

[VE3GAM Allen McRorie]

interesting comment!

if you want to use one of the best radios around, I really don't get why it is so
important that you BUILD the rig. Hopefully the END product is more important
than the process used to get there. if not, then I guess you will miss out on using
one of the best radios around.

that is why I don't consider the BUILD question important at all .

Al ve3gam


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexey Kats" <alexeykats at gmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 8:30 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Why I won't purchase K3


> Ladies, gentlemen, and all the other species of HAM community,
> 
> I apologize for such aggressive and somewhat insulting subject of my
> posting. But after reading all the "why I purchased Elecraft radio" reasons
> I felt like chirping in.
> 
> I like radios, I like to find out what I can do with it. I like building
> things with my own hands. I didn't have so much fun building fully loaded
> K1, K2, and KX1 in years... like... like.. like I had when I was assembling
> my own computer with nothing but pliers, 40W soldering iron and individually
> acquired spare parts back in 90es. It felt like I was giving birth to a baby
> or something - making sure that it is in the best state I could possibly
> make it. And I could also learn from it, a lot, in fact.
> 
> Now, don't get me wrong, when it comes to the specs of K3 I bow my head to
> the designers of it - it's truly a one son of a  gun radio. It's pretty much
> the heaven dream for CW. I know that. But there is one thing which makes me
> uneasy - it's not the radio I built. It's not even the radio I assembled.
> It's the radio someone else built, and all I am reduced to is plates
> arrangements and screwdriver turning. It's almost like I am not sure whether
> I should be thanking Wayne and Eric, or curse them. (Probably thank them
> more than anything...)
> 
> My gripe with K3 is that even if I buy it, build it, and use it, I can't
> honestly say that I BUILD it. Simply because I didn't build it. With K1, K2,
> KX1 I learned a lot from its schematics, I was able to figure out what went
> wrong if something went wrong (just to prove to myself that it was me who
> was an idiot). I loved the process of making sure that I understand each and
> every piece of it, to the last capacitor, even if I don't understand the
> assembler code of its main controller (I spend enough time with computers to
> hate them thoroughly as it is). My problem is I can't do the same with K3.
> I'd love to own it. I'd love to use it. But I'd hate to build it.
> 
> I am sorry if this posting makes no sense to all of you. I was simply trying
> to express my feelings...
> 
> I think I'll try to find more money to build another K1 or K2. (Actually, I
> like K1 more, don't ask me why.)
> 
> -- 
> Alexey Kats (neko)
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