[Elecraft] Who would spend 30 hours+ building an Elecraft K2? (plus: special pricing)

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

First licensed in 1952, I've never felt as good operating any rig as one I
built myself, either from scratch like my first Novice rig or at the very
least from a kit. 

I still remember running net control during a Civil Defense exercise from
W6CV in Southern CA, a station owned by a good friend with a beautiful
collection of National and E.F. Johnson equipment and, after the exercise
was over as I drove home in my '47 Studebaker eagerly looking forward to
putting my homebrew 6L6 oscillator on the air in the 80 meter novice band.
Doing that was more exciting because I had worked out the circuit from an
old handbook and built it on an salvaged chassis, complete with a tank coil
made out of (door) bell wire wound on a circle of nails. 

My station was completed with a homebrew superhet - several of them over
time. 

Because of that background my K2, built in 1999, is still my favorite rig in
spite of the K3S it shares my shack with. I was an eager participant in many
of the upgrades it got in the first few years, happy to modify the circuits
and do the required testing.  

For SOME of us, the "magic" of cobbling together the parts, working out the
circuit, building and putting a rig on the air is more important than our
contest scores or DXCC standing. 

73, Ron AC7AC



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 6:29 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Who would spend 30 hours+ building an Elecraft K2?
(plus: special pricing)

Howdy,

Thanks Wayne for the look back. Great stuff! 

Like others, my K2 is not for sale. No matter what other rigs may grace my
shack, the K2 stays. Nope, I didn't build it (I'm all thumbs), but, besides
being a super performer and just tons of fun, being a gift from my first
guide dog upon his retirement (with help, naturally, from other humans), it
has huge sentimental value. Thanks Karl. 

Come to think of it, I think Elecraft has been something of a tradition for
important milestones. The KX1, I got when I went to Ukraine to adopt our
daughter in 2004. It's now living with a longtime friend and partner in
mischief. The KX3 I got myself as a 25th hamiversary gift. What's next? 

Vy 73,

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Buddy (a fake ham) Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Mobile (preferred): (814)
431-0962
Phone: (814) 860-3194
Email: buddy at brannan.name
"We are all just walking each other home." 



> On Jan 26, 2018, at 7:02 PM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:
> 
> I have always thought that real hams build their own equipment and uber
hams design and build their own equipment. I guess that makes Wayne a uber
ham.
> 
> 73 Bill AE6JV
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