[Elecraft] I thought Elecraft was a household name!

[Gil G.]

I found Elecraft very easily, looking for kits online. Anyone doing a Google search on transceiver kits will find Elecraft immediately. Not to mention online forums or reviews such as on Eham. So, if they don't know about it, they either have no interest in kits, or are not very internet oriented.. With the introduction of the KX3, that might change, and Elecraft might become more of a Ham household name, which I also thought it was...

Now, I hope Elecraft doesn't discontinue the K2 before I can save up enough money to buy one.. I also wish they would come up with other small kits, like a single band cw/ssb transceiver that fits in a K1 box.. It would be a great competitor to the MFJ-94xx series. The K3 seems like a great radio, but I would never buy one. Why? Because it gets too complicated, and it is surface-mount. I like simple radios I can build and fix, with a soldering iron, not switching boards. The K2 still qualifies.

Gil.
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