[Elecraft] You people just made me buy a K3 five minutes ago

Gary Gregory garyvk4fd at gmail.com
Sun Mar 6 17:14:45 EST 2011


*Jack,

You forgot we also want to see him/her serving a nice hot cuppa for the 'Man
of the house'? (that last bit was truly tongue in cheek)

73's
Gary
*
On 7 March 2011 08:03, Jack Brindle <jackbrindle at earthlink.net> wrote:

> We want you to make a video of the dog repainting the downstairs, hanging
> the ceiling fan and fixing the toilet. That was the tradeoff, right?
>
> Welcome to the K3 world!
>
> Jack Brindle, W6FB
>
> On Mar 6, 2011, at 1:45 PM, stan levandowski wrote:
>
> > Thank you to the Lister who started the thread about "why I bought a
> > K3".  And equal thanks to Alexy for his recent posting on "why I won't
> > buy a K3".
> >
> > Both of those threads helped me make up my mind once and for all.  The
> > order was placed, the enter button was hit, the REF # came back, and now
> > I just have to wait for the postman to ring.
> >
> > My XYL wanted me to wait until I repainted the downstairs, hung a new
> > ceiling fan, and fixed the running toilet in the guest bathroom.  In a
> > masterful demonstration of tactical negotiation, I took her out this
> > morning and bought her the Chihuahua she's been wanting.
> >
> > Yes, that's how much I wanted a K3!
> >
> > I'm a 100% HF CW QRP OP.  I look forward to sitting down in front of
> > "the best" CW rig in the world.  And if I change my mind, the K3 was
> > designed to provide me with the ability to expand my operating
> > dimensions.  As far as "building" a K3, I'll be happy to screw boards
> > together and mount knobs if it means that I'll end up with a premier
> > radio.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >
> > Stan Levandowski WB2LQF
> > QRP CW: Skill, not power!
> > QCWA #35038   OOTC #4558   NAQCC #4740   SKCC #6488   FISTS #14992 QRP
> > ARCI #14321
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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