[Elecraft] Elecraft Support

Sun Jan 8 18:21:19 EST 2017

I grew up with a stack of pristine ARC-5 receivers.  My dad had worked 
on them during WWII and bought half a dozen when they were cheap in the 
50s.  When I opened them up I found each part was placed just so; the 
resistor color bands all lined up with the tolerance bands in lock 
step.  I just could not bring myself to touch them with a soldering iron 
even years after dad had passed away.  It would be like dismantling a 
sculpture.

     73,

         Kevin.  KD5ONS

On 1/8/2017 2:42 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> Please everyone, we don’t need the “appliance operators vs builders” argument here. Those are flavors of amateur radio, not levels of goodness.
>
> I was an appliance operator in 1970, with a BC-348 receiver and an ARC-5 transmitter. My Elmer got those working for me.
>
> See you on the æther,
>
> wunder
> K6WRU
> Walter Underwood
> CM87wj
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>> On Jan 8, 2017, at 1:51 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>
>> Much of the market has changed over the years with more and more coming into amateur radio who are moreor less operators and not builders (as I view it they are the ones missing out on 90% of the fun of amateur radio).But as I would tend to believe Elecraft wants to stay in business they need to evolve with the changing market.
>> I have built a few radios that were surface mount and they can be a little more of a challenge than through hole,but not nearly as hard as I initially thought they would be, just a but different in the thought process and work.I think Elecraft would be hard pressed to sell a lot of K3's that were 100% in Kit form (as in solder the boards).
>>
>> The K2 was a great radio and I really enjoyed building it (and in a moment of foolishness I sold it).
>> Of the few radios I regret selling the ones I actually built are the ones I regret the most.
>>
>>       From: Jim Rogers <jim.w4atk at gmail.com>
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 10:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Support
>>
>> And I agree with you and Kevin Ron.  Sometimes with growth cracks occur
>> and you might just fall through one now and then. But you remain
>> faithful to the cause. There is one Elecraft radio that will never leave
>> my shack and that one is my faithful K2/10 with that wonderful receiver.
>> It has the battery supply and that great antenna tuner and every option
>> except the 100W amp.
>>
>> Jim, W4ATK
>>
>> K2, K-Line
>>
>>
>> On 1/7/2017 9:32 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>>> Yes, it is clear Elecraft's primary customer base has shifted from builders
>>> to operators. By "operators" I mean Hams who want a rig they plug in, turn
>>> on, and use on the air or perhaps tinker with interfacing it with their
>>> computer, etc.
>>>    
>>> I agree with Kevin.
>>>
>>> 73, Ron AC7AC
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
>>> kevinr at coho.net
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 2:56 PM
>>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Support
>>>
>>> Sigh
>>>
>>>        Kevin.  KD5ONS
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/7/2017 2:36 PM, Jim Rogers wrote:
>>>> Does anyone remember the good old days, back when the K2 was king, you
>>>> would call support and would be routed to an engineer or perhaps in
>>>> the case of the DSP2,  Lyle himself? I remember developing a real
>>>> friendship with a guy out west, who worked from his home. Eventually
>>>> we shared phone numbers. Or you would turn to the back of the K2
>>>> manual and there find the complete schematics and chapter 9, "Circuit
>>>> Details"?  Yeah, I know, those were the days of thru-hole kits, solder
>>>> smoke, and, "gee I wish I had not done that", when you lifted a trace
>>>> and had to break out the blue wire to make things right again. Things
>>>> were better then....those really were the good old days...things were
>>>> more personal then.....
>>>>
>>>> Jim, W4ATK
>>>>
>>>> Licensed: General Class Sept 1953
>>>>
>>>> K2, K-Line
>>>>
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