[Elecraft] K4 and Delivery Delays

[Wes]

I once owned a KWM-1.  I bought it "surplus" from a company that was selling 
aircraft parts cannibalized from Air Force planes being cut up at DMAFB's "Bone 
Yard."  I believe it was out of an RB-47.

RB-47s were overflying the USSR, with aircrews being lost, long before Gary 
Powers was shot down in his US.  I have an inscribed copy of "We See All" by Lt 
Col. Bruce Bailey, who was one of those guys.  He later piloted SR-71s and had 
many stories to tell.

The last I knew of the radio, it was in the Collins collection of Don, W7DD.

Wes  N7WS

On 3/30/2022 8:38 PM, Ed W0YK wrote:
> The KWM-380 may have been a "hot radio" in some people's minds, but I can personally attest to the opposite.  I have one, along with a number of KWM-2As and S-Lines.  The 380 is a horrible performer.  The receiver is incredibly noisy, obstructing reception of all but the loudest signals.  The audio is distorted and filtering is poor.  Collins' last hurrah was a dud.73,Ed W0YK