[Elecraft] I thought Elecraft was a household name!

[david Moes]

Elecraft a house hold name?  Not so!   Only a few months ago when I 
mentioned that I had bought an Elecraft K3 at a club meeting  I would 
say that half of the group had a blank "what?" look.   only a few knew 
of the K3  and only a few more had even heard of Elecraft.       
Elecraft does not advertise in The Canadian Amateur,  our national 
magazine here ( Eric, hint Hint).  I think that there are many Canadian 
hams that have never heard of Elecraft.






On 7/15/2012 12:38 PM, Nate Bargmann 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>>
>