[Elecraft] K4

[Macy monkeys]

Will the K4 make a showing at Sea-Pac?

John K7FD

> On May 21, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Jim Ewing <ewinginator at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Also consider:  All day Friday and Saturday at Dayton, Eric and Wayne were
> standing there out in front of their booth, two guys engaging with a big
> and continual throng of hams and their hundreds of questions.  From all
> directions, all kinds of subjects.  They knew the answers and the
> subtleties, at whatever level of detail, just standing there, totally
> comfortable in this setting, obviously enjoying their time.  It's because
> from out of their minds came the design, performance, operation of the K4.
> Maybe some other QRO radio manufacturers could do this; I suppose Art
> Collins did it.  (I have seen Steve Weber, Hans Summers and Asher Farhan do
> it for their QRP radios.)  In my mind, it's obviously relevant to, among
> other issues, performance and design choices and rationale, the look, feel
> and soul of the radio, logical upgrade paths, logical troubleshooting which
> will inevitably be required in the future as it is with any electronic
> equipment.  The mental video loop of Eric and Wayne standing there with the
> crowd will stay in my memory, to be replayed pretty much every day when I
> run my Elecraft radios.
> 
> Jim Ewing N4TMM
> 
> Message: 18
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 14:17:04 -0400
> From: Hank <hbjr at optilink.us>
> To: W2xj <w2xj at w2xj.net>,       Dick <silver60 at charter.net>
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4
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> 
> We should all care. ?That should be an important consideration for anyone
> living in this country considering the amount of jobs that have been sent
> overseas.
> 
> I applaud a company that makes any part of their product in this country.
> ?It sounds trite, but the job you save may be your own.
> 
> ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: W2xj (W2xj at w2xj.net)
> Date: 05/21/19 12:25
> To: Dick (silver60 at charter.net)
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4
> 
> I really don?t care where it is made.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On May 21, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Dick <silver60 at charter.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> And after reading all the comments on ?why buy a K4, or even Elecraft
> when I have Icoms et al, etc.? . Well I haven?t heard anyone say ?MADE IN
> AMERICA?. ?And as previously stated so well, add boards anytime to ?update
> or add desired features without having to pay for another ?box? to house
> all the interiors. Of course this is in MHO.
>> 
>> 73, Dick, W1REJ
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>> 
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