[Elecraft] OT: Elecraft could offer small built transceivers in addition to its kits

[Chris Wagner]

Small QRP transceivers like the LNR FX-2 are popping up. If a quality
product could be bought,
built KX1 and K1s and even K2s would compete on performance and value.

"Buy expensive and cry only once" is a Chinese saying. Why mess with
inferior products and
encounter QC issues (the few reviews I found and read on the LNR FX-2 often
reported similar quality control issues).
With Chinese made motorcycles, you should read the tales of woe by some
owners. Whole carbs getting swapped
and then more than once is just one of the attempted cures...

Maybe someone should make a good video and post it on Youtube, comparing
the KX1 with some H1-B1 (?) or whatever kits.
As a terrible OP, I had a sked with Steven KW4H then, now AI7AZ from DL. He
was in a park with his KX1. It was tough
going, but we had a QSO. And the antenna was something for quick /p
operation, not some stacked yagi.

I'm looking for another rig for /p operation and confess being tempted by
the variety out there. But now I
realize that true value means more than just a low sticker price!

Hope that Elecraft will offer built small rigs as well.

73 de Chris KF6VCI