[Elecraft] Elecraft quality

[Dauer, Edward]

Call it Kool-Aid, but I am continually impressed.  Just finished assembly of the KXPA100/KAT100 - my ninth Elecraft kit.  All seems fine so far, though I am still waiting for a chance to do the on-the-air tests.

What impressed me with the first kit and every one after it, including this one, is the precision of the tolerances and the fit.  When a second layer of board goes on top of a first, everything lines up exactly.  When a piece of sheet metal has a dozen places where it has to be spot on in order to be spot on, it's spot on - no need to bend, or twist, or cajole.  It's all just there - exactly where it should be.  In a world otherwise full of it's-good-enoughs, I find this remarkable.  Is it the engineering?  The manufacturing?  The quality control?  All of the above?

Bravo again,

Ted, KN1CBR