[Elecraft] 2nd hand prices

[Fred Jensen]

On 7/9/2013 2:39 PM, kevinr wrote:
> Obviously the K3 works much better after it has been broken in. Mine
> should be worth a premium price for its lengthy run in.

Might be so for a K3 or other E-gear, my K2 just seems to work better 
every time I turn it on, however it definitely is NOT so with all rigs. 
  I aged a converted 40m ARC-5 in the basement for 35 years.  Key clicks 
were the same in the NAQP CW [its final performance] as when I used it 
as my primary transmitter with a Lionel J-36 ... when key clicks were 
not encouraged but were tolerated.  Admittedly, I did not age it in a 
French Oak barrel, but then I've aged a lot too, never in a barrel, and 
I just keep getting better ... well ... unless you ask my wife. :-)

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
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