[Elecraft] OT KX3 wannabe in photo of Qct QST

[Tom Francis]

Post production screwups happen all the time.  I had it happen to me 
when I was a Tech Editor
at QST in the mid-80's.

Stuff happens.  However, in this case, it might not have been, but 
always benefit of the doubt.

Tom,, W1TEF

On 9/16/2016 8:43 PM, Joe Reed wrote:
> That was mighty lame.  From the photo it looks like an ancient Yaesu.  Hence the need for the Honda generator.
>
> But hey, he got his 15 minutes of fame, along with unending mockery.  Perhaps a bit of grog with his "sustenance"?
>
> What I find more annoying is the ARRL didn't vet the photo first before publishing. I thought hams used to work there. Oh well perhaps this is the new paradigm for ham radio journalism.
>
> Joe N9JR
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 16, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Dave Richards <djdaverichards at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps it was a very early pre-production model, before they had finished miniaturizing it sufficiently :-)
>>
>> Dave
>> AA7EE
>>
>>> On 9/16/2016 12:44 PM, Bob N3MNT wrote:
>>> In text for "A Radio by the Barbie" on page 20 of OCT QST the radio is listed
>>> as a KX3, however radio in photo is definitely not a KX3.
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