[Elecraft] Serial Number Data Base

[Mark Petiford]

Ron,

As always, thank you for your "down to earth" response.  That was the type of answer I was looking for.

By "...work all the serial numbers..." I assume you mean learn who owns them and/or where they are located, etc.  I know some folks are as interested in radio serial numbers as I am in what makes it tick.  It is all a part of the depth of this hobby.  Since most of my equipment is homebrew, built from some type of kit, or in the boat anchor category, very little of my equipment is serialized.  I understand why a manufacturer serializes his products, but I have been a bit surprise at the "serial number pride" that I have seen.  Surprised, but not upset.

Obviously, I do not buy a lot of new equipment.  In the case of the KX3, they took most everything I wanted in a radio and packaged it into a very nice package, so I had to buy one!  Sorry that I didn't make it clear that I was just wondering why someone would go register their radio serial number in a third party database.

Now, I wonder if zerobeat would be interested in creating a category for my homebrew Whaddon Mark VII Paraset replicas...probably not.


Mark
KE6BB


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 From: Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz>
To: 'elecraft' <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Serial Number Data Base
 

At one time a lot of fellows tried to work all the serial numbers for a
given rig. That was back in the "early" days when the K2 was the flagship
rig.