[Elecraft] SKN 2012

[Ray Cadmus]

I think I understand your feelings about the old K2.

  I owned, for a time, serial #7.  I didn't build it myself - I acquired 
it from a ham in Canada.  There was a somewhat mystical quality felt in 
having one of the early ones - wish I had it back :-( .  It went for a 
good cause though...  and I did get a K1 in trade.  A somewhat local ham 
was looking for a K2 but,  time being limited, settled for the K1.  When 
I heard I, made the swap (some boot - I'm not that generous).  He had it 
and, I assume, enjoyed it for the better part of a year before the big C 
took him.

Some day I'll get another K2 - but it won't be quite the same.

73,

ray    W0PFO

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On 12/31/2011 05:15 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> John,
>
> If you think my fully upgraded (and packed with all options for a QRP
> K2) original Field Test K2 SN 00020 will be replaced by a KX3, you have
> another "think" coming.
> Yes, I will have a KX3, but that old K2 will still be "rolling along".
> It may not do prime duty in the home station - the K3 takes of that, and
> it will no longer be the Field Radio of Choice once the KX3 is in hand,
> but it will sit faithfully on the operating desk and be used in sort of
> an SO2R position with the K3.
> I hope my heirs treat it with respect as well, but that is out of my
> control.  So in the future, if you youngsters run across a K2 SN 00020,
> know that it was mine, and it was never sold in my lifetime.
>
> Oh yes, Happy New Year to all - 2011 is just about gone.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>