[Elecraft] A confession

[Jack Chomley]

Charlie,

You must admit it's been fun along the way :-). I have Icoms Yeasus etc scattered around here everywhere, about 10 of them and they have all given me pleasure at some time or another and still do.
I got an SG2020 when they came out.......thought it was the best thing since sliced bread!
It's died more times than I have had hot dinners.......but I still have it and does currently work!
And then I drank the Elecraft Kool Aid.......the taste was mysterious, but I grew to like it very much.
I look forward to new software releases all the time now......when I load them up I get that new radio feeling every time......yet I still have the same hardware :-)
Never look to the past, always look to the future and your next Elecraft purchase!


73,

Jack VK4JRC

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> On 10 Feb 2014, at 6:40 am, "Charlie T, K3ICH" <pincon at erols.com> wrote:
> 
> You want product obsolesance.?...How about the Icom's progression of "new & improved" starting with the IC-756, followed by the  IC-756PRO, IC-756PRO II, IC-756PRO III , and finally (?) the  IC-7600.
> 
> I'll admit, they suckered ME into it....had 'em all.
> 
> Got a K3/P3/VGA now.
> 
> 73, Charlie k3ICH
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Manthe" <scott.manthe at gmail.com>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 1:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] A confession
> 
> 
>> Think about your "problem" this way: When Yaesu wanted to upgrade the FT1000MP, they brought out the more expensive and poorer-performing Mark-V Field (sorry if I offend, but the difference in RX performance between the two has been long noted). When they decided to grade the Mark V Field, the came out with the more expensive and poorer-performing FT2000. When they needed to upgrade the FT2000, they came out with the better-performing and MUCH more expensive FT5000. See a pattern here?
> 
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