[Elecraft] Serial Number Check for Elecraft gear

[Bob]

Another NO here.

My K3 sits on my desk but has been to two FD's.  My KX3 has never left the 
house. I do not want to deal with more passwords.  I'm comfortable with that 
within my own home for radios and other devices.

In the car I accept the risk on a few hundred dollar VHF/UHF FM radio that
is exposed.  A $5K loaded K3 would not be left exposed though and gets locked in 
the trunk even going to FD.  No mobile operation in the past or planned.

If a Elecraft radio gets stolen, unless by a ham I have some hope that it may 
turn up at an honest hams eventually.  A normal thief most likely will not know 
how to reprogram it so my turn on banner states, "Stolen from K2TK".

73,
Bob
K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR

On 5/18/2015 7:37 AM, Chester Alderman wrote:
> Hi Dom,
>
> In my opinion, NO! We have a pass word for just about everything now days
> and adding one for ham radio gear is not needed! If one carries their radio
> around with them, perhaps they need to be more responsible in making sure it
> is not left in an attractive area where it can get stolen. You have some
> 700,000 hams that do not carry their radios with them, so why punish the
> majority in an attempt to protect the minority of folks who do carry their
> radio out with them?
>
> Good suggestion but maybe needs some more thought of the overall impact?
>
> 73,
> Tom - W4BQF
>
>