It is just this kind of generosity that makes ham radio a great hobby and Elecraft a great company to do business with.
73, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua km4ik....@gmail.com K3 #281, P3 #688 On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > I see you're in Eureka, less than a half-day drive from me (Belmont is > just south of SF). That gives me an idea for your first HF rig. > > I have an Icom IC-730S transceiver in the attic that you can have it > you don't mind picking it up. It's a good, basic HF radio. It's the 10- > watt model, purchased by my dad in Hong Kong, not the 100-W standard > IC-730. As a mostly-QRP guy I found this to be a feature :) I worked > all over the world with this thing. Then I used it as a piece of test > equipment in the early days of Elecraft when Eric and and designed the > K2. I still have the matching power supply, speaker, and manual. > > If you eventually get a different HF rig, you could donate the '730S > to another new licensee or a club. > > Let me know if you're interested. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > Steve Hamon wrote: > > > Hello--I am perplexed about the choice of which HF rig to get. I just > > passed my General and am trying to put together my first "shack." I > > have > > heard fantastic, rave reviews about the Flex and also about the > > KX3. My > > only concerns about the KX3 is that after putting out about $1,500 > > for the > > basic KX3 and Tuner and Filter added, I still will only have a 10 watt > > unit. I want it to be my mobile and my base unit. Will I have to > > chuck > > out another thousand bucks for the 100 watt amp? > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
