[Elecraft] K3: switching on click

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Stephen, you are a saint! I'd have gone back with exactly what he 
deserved.

>
>I'm guided by 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'.  The K3 is 
>one great radio, but the snap crackle and pop (even with the built-in 
>speaker) put my teeth on edge, it's as simple as that.  It's like a 
>loud start-up rattle on an otherwise fine engine.  If you haven't read 
>the book, it's a fine read, in fact as it says on the cover, it changed 
>my life!
>

Agreed: the K3 attracts radio amateurs who are in pursuit of <quality> 
in that special sense which Pirsig spends half the book explaining.

I thought Elecraft genuinely understood that, but as the K3 has moved 
into mainstream production with so many of its initial problems still 
unaddressed, I'm becoming far less sure.

"Operation of K3 radio require great peace of mind"... but we're still 
not being given that.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK