[Elecraft] Help sell me on the K3S

[Edward R Cole]

I would guess my experience is pretty much typical for most hams 
(with variance in details):
I started out building three tube regen receiver when I was 13 years 
old.  Cost me $19.95 in 1957 (took six months saving to accumulate 
that much).  I didn't have a solder iron so my Dad bought me a Wen 
solder gun for $5 for my 14th birthday.  I became a Novice in Nov. 58.

Could not pass 13wpm so upgraded to Tech. in 1959 and got a HQ100 a year later.
next was a Clegg Interceptor-B, then I built a SB110.  Oh a Sixer in 
between that.

Grad college and moved to CA in 68 and bought a IC-211 and 
Argonaut-505 in 1976.  Moved to AK in 1979 and bought a TS-180S.

Tentec-50, FT-840, FT-847 ... and finally in 2010 I upgraded to my K3/10.
That's quite a progression in receivers from three tube to K3 (only 
took 52 years).

But if you have the means get the best you can afford (now).



73, Ed - KL7UW
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