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

[Phil Kane]

I was first licensed in 1952 and spent my senior year in HS using the
modified ARC-5 transmitter and Hallicrafters S-40 receiver in the HS
radio club room - W2CLE, allegedly the oldest HS radio club in the US
(1912).

My next excursion into HF was the pair of Hallicrafters SX-101A and
HT-32B that I used from 1965 through mid-1967 when I was 4X4UQ in
Israel.  55 countries (the easy ones, of course) over 28 months Nice to
be DX for a change.

Returning to the 'States in 1967, went back on 40 meters for about 3
years, then sold those rigs because my main activity was VHF/UHF and
didn't get back on HF until I got the K2 in 2006.  Because of my
degraded close-up eyesight (monocular), I couldn't build it myself, but
a local ham friend did it for me.  Fully loaded K2 of course for working
HF 'phone and digital modes.  If I had known and waited another year or
so I could have had a K3 but that's another story.

I couldn't put up any decent HF antenna after moving to this
ground-floor apartment 5 years ago, so the K2 sits "ready to go"
connected to a short end-fed wire antenna - not a very effective
radiator.  Except for contests, I don't hear anything.  But I can hope.

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon