[Elecraft] K3S

[David Cole]

Wish you were right...  But alas, the work ethic has changed in the past
40 or so years.  It took Radio Shack 20 years to die...
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Thanks and 73's,
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On Thu, 2015-05-14 at 19:37 -0700, jim wrote:
> Not in the private sector.
> 
> Compete or die
> 
> If you personally had $1,000 dollars, would you invest in Apple, IBM, Starbucks, or Walmart or invest it in the State Department of Vehicles (or other government sector)?
> 
> Jim
> W6AIM
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Cole
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 7:05 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S
> 
> Hi Jim,
> You are wrong!  Most of the country does not want to work 30 hours and get paid for 40!!
> 
> They only do 30 hours of work, in a 40 hour period, and ARE getting paid for 40 hours.
> 
> --
> Thanks and 73's,
> For equipment, and software setups and reviews see:
> www.nk7z.net
> for MixW support see;
> http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info
> for Dopplergram information see:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info
> for MM-SSTV see:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2015-05-14 at 18:52 -0700, jim wrote:
> > Oh so true!
> > 
> > Pretty soon, The U.S. population will be expecting to be paid for 40 hours of work, but only working 30 hours like some other countries in the world.
> > 
> > One country's govt paid big Euro to fund a study to determine if this work 30/pay 40 would have an impact on productivity!!!  
> > 
> > Jim
> > W6AIM
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wes (N7WS)
> > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 1:15 PM
> > To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S
> > 
> > I just cancelled my order for the upgraded synthesizer for my present K3 and ordered a K3s instead.:-)
> > 
> > Since the government demands that I take money out of my IRAs so they can confiscate 30% of it to buy Obamaphones, I might as well blow the rest of it on radios.  Depreciating it to zero, my current K3 cost me about $27 a month over the time I've owned it. Depending on how long I live, the monthly cost of the new one will likely be higher, but then buying all of those Obamaphones has deflated the value of our money anyway.  Might as well spend it while it has a little value left.
> > 
> > Wes N7WS
> > 
> > On 5/14/2015 12:04 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote:
> > > Looks good to me!
> > >
> > > The real benefit of most of the included upgrades is that they are 
> > > either already in my K3 (2xKSYNA) or they will be available for 
> > > upgrade later on.  I don’t really have an issue with K3 audio, or 
> > > knobs, or …
> > >
> > > Seems to me that an important question is the impact on overall 
> > > performance of the lower RF and quantization noise with the K3S’s new 
> > > RF board, since this is not being made available for retrofit into the 
> > > K3.  Hopefully, Elecraft or an early K3S adopter with the ability to 
> > > measure the difference will provide some hard information.  That’s 
> > > pretty much going to be my decision point about whether to drop $$ on 
> > > upgrading other parts of my K3 or just biting the bullet, reducing my 
> > > ability to eat for a few months later in retirement, and upgrading the 
> > > whole thing.  Or not … since given my usual operating habits, even the 
> > > K3 is more radio than I need ;-)
> > >
> > > Grant NQ5T
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