[Elecraft] KAT500 Arriving Tomorrow

[Dyarnes]

Hi All,

According to UPS, my KAT500 should hit my doorstep sometime tomorrow. 
Problem is we are planning to leave tomorrow morning for a couple of weeks 
in Oregon!  Fortunately, if it comes after we leave, my daughter will be 
here to accept delivery.

It's almost amazing how deliveries from Elecraft come just as we are about 
to leave for somewhere.  I just barely got my KX3 before a previous trip. 
The K3 was a close call too.  It's not that we go somewhere all that often, 
but that's just the way it is.  Anyway, I'm sure looking forward to the 
package--even if it's a couple of weeks before I really get to check it out. 
I wouldn't be taking it on the trip anyway, so I guess it doesn't really 
matter that much.  This unit should really simplify my operating situation 
since I use at least one multi-band antenna that needs a little help to 
obtain an agreeable match for the KPA500.  From the reports I've seen so 
far, the unit seems to work exceptionally well.

By the way, mine is a factory built unit, and I ordered it at Dayton.  I 
can't remember for sure, but it may have been on Saturday at Dayton before I 
got my order placed.

At one point I had hoped to say that this might be my last "acquisition" for 
a good while, but now the K3/0 has me intrigued!  Then there's the 
possibility I'll get infatuated with the 100 watt amp for my KX3.  I'm not 
sure there is an end to this!  The only thing saving me is that I'm 
faithfully adhering to my "policy" that, when something comes in, something 
has to go out!  After 57 years of doing this stuff, I'm clearly over 
equipped.  In truth, a LOT more needs to go out than comes in, and I'm about 
to start dedicating myself to that proposition.  What makes that easier to 
do is the fact that a lot of the new stuff really replaces more than one 
item--at least in my inventory!  The KX3, for example, made a lot of things 
on my shelf obsolete--not just one or two items, but several.  Well, 
obsolete may not be the right word, but unnecessary is perhaps more 
adequate.  It's about time I got serious!  I need to start making a list, 
but I'm afraid my wife might see it, and then I'll never hear the end of it! 
She's really been a "good soldier" all these years, about all of this, but I 
know what would really make her happy.

Dave W7AQK