[SOC] [Elecraft] I thought Elecraft was a household name!

[Radio K0HB]

I've heard of them, but you've misspelled the name.  Wellcraft.  They build some great boats.

73, Hans, K0HB





On Jul 15, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Tom McCulloch <thom2 at att.net> wrote:

> This sounds like the type of QSO we have on the SOC list (Second Class 
> op) all of the time!...hi
> Tom
> wb2qdg
> K@ 1#1103e
> 
> On 7/15/2012 12:38 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>> I worked a station on 6m this morning who gave me a very nice and
>> unsolicited audio report and asked what radio I was running.  I first
>> said it was a K3 and he replied that he was unfamiliar with that model
>> so I said "Elecraft K3" to which he asked how old it was.  I replied
>> that I bought it in late 2010 as a kit.  His reply amused me--"I didn't
>> know Hallicrafters was still in business!" I spelled out Elecraft and he
>> said he would have to Google that to see what it was all about.
>> 
>> By this point I had presumed all the active hams had heard of Elecraft.
>> Heh!
>> 
>> 73, de Nate, N0NB >>
>> 
> 
> 
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