[Elecraft] Has the KX3 rescued Ham radio?

[Doug Person]

In 1963, I ran QRP with a homebrew ('62 handbook) single tube 
transmitter on 40 meters with a Lafayette HE-10 receiver.  Antenna 
change over was a knife switch.  The K2 is now the finest example of a 
QRP radio I could possibly imagine.  Perhaps now eclipsed by the KX-3.  
I've parted with 2 K2s thinking the K1 and K3 would do everything I 
need.  But, the K2 is the ultimate in ham radio experiences.  Once built 
and debugged, that first QSO is like 1963 all over again.

72, Doug --K0DXV

On 6/9/2013 9:07 PM, EricJ wrote:
> Really good points, Ron. Most ham gear from  WWII and much from before 
> could be put on the air tonight and fit right in, particularly on CW. 
> I  could get on the air with my 1957 Novice rig (S-85 and DX-35) and 
> nobody would know what I was running unless I said so. I still have my 
> Drake 2B receiver from the early 60's. It's not as quiet as my K2, but 
> it's still a very hot receiver and hears the same signals. In fact, 
> for sentimental reasons, if I had to sell, the K2 would go first. hi.
>
> Not only are there lots of new technologies, virtually all of the old 
> technologies are still used and even more convenient. RTTY used to 
> take some serious money, serious time and serious devotion just to 
> keep things running. Now I can fire up the K2 and a computer and I'm 
> running RTTY without the smell of burning oil and a puddle on the 
> floor. OK, sorry, I miss that, but others in my house don't.
>
> As much as I loved the "old days" of ham radio, the best years are 
> right here and now. New digital modes are starting to crowd out my CW 
> op time.
>
> Eric
> KE6US
>
>
>
> On 6/9/2013 2:29 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>> Ham radio, like everything in life, is changing. For some, that may feel
>> like the Ham radio they knew is dying.
>>
>> I hope they realize that is an illusion. Aside from spark-gap 
>> transmitters,
>> everything that every was in Ham radio is still in Ham radio.
>>
>> After 61 years on the air, the only difference that I find is that 
>> Ham radio
>> has developed a much broader horizon of technologies and activities that
>> fill our spectrum.
>>
>> 73, Ron AC7AC
>>
>>
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