[Elecraft] I thought Elecraft was a household name!

[Phil Hystad]

I think it is probably interesting how people discover Elecraft.  I have
recommended Elecraft products to a few friends and almost in every
case the friend did not know about Elecraft.  Of course, these guys
were older and maybe that had something to do with it.  When I say
older, I obviously mean older then me -- still young at 64 3/4s.

I discovered Elecraft via my Norcal 40A kit.  I discovered the Norcal
40A via the book "The Electronics of Radio" by Rutledge.  I read the
book and built the 40A and then decided that the designer of this
radio was very talented.  So, I started googling Wayne to find more
information about him and from that came across the Elecraft web site.
That was in the Fall of 2009.  Now I own a complete K-line with the
KAT500 on order plus a KX1 and a variety of other Elecraft mini-kit
products.

73, phil, K7PEH


On Jul 15, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Gary Gregory wrote:

> *Nate,
> 
> Um, in 2007 I had never heard of Elecraft either. Come to think of it, I
> thought I was told the wrong name and that it was Hallicrafter...:-(
> 
> Some of us ARE a bit slow on the uptake mate.
> 
> Now I own no other breed and the "Terrible Twins" at Elecraft are doing
> their best to keep me poor!
> 
> Wonder what the 'next' must have gem will be, I shudder to think and my
> bank balance keeps shrinking!
> 
> 73
> 
> *
> On 16 July 2012 02:38, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
> 
>> I worked a station on 6m this morning who gave me a very nice and
>> unsolicited audio report and asked what radio I was running.  I first
>> said it was a K3 and he replied that he was unfamiliar with that model
>> so I said "Elecraft K3" to which he asked how old it was.  I replied
>> that I bought it in late 2010 as a kit.  His reply amused me--"I didn't
>> know Hallicrafters was still in business!" I spelled out Elecraft and he
>> said he would have to Google that to see what it was all about.
>> 
>> By this point I had presumed all the active hams had heard of Elecraft.
>> Heh!
>> 
>> 73, de Nate, N0NB >>
>> 
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>> 
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>> possible worlds.  The pessimist fears this is true."
>> 
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> *Gary*
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