Us OTs who occasionally peruse the old QSTs know that in the 1960's Collins was really trying to produce equipment that the XYL would not object to having on a desktop in the living room. "Hamshacks" were moving from the basement, garage or outdoor shed into the living room.
As home sizes have diminished steadily over the decades, and the size of the equipment has diminished, having a rig that was acceptable in the living room has become how many Hams have stayed on the air. Personally, my rigs are almost never fully assembled. When I'm on the air, it's usually with something that looks like someone exploded a dozen pieces of equipment on the bench top. Fortunately my XYL does not mind and now that solid state is common, I'm no longer reaching through a maze of wires containing hundreds or thousands of volts to throw a switch. (Yes, I was raised with the story of how Ross Hull was electrocuted in 1938, exactly 7 months and 12 days after I was born probably instilling a level of care that has probably been responsible for me surviving, although I have been knocked on my...er...'backside'... a number of times in years long past.) I can fully understand the desire of some Hams to have a complete, integrated station that looks clean, neat and which works perfectly. Not all Hams are madcap tinkerers and home brewers, Hi! 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:22 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Speaker, Season finale On 4/23/2013 11:48 AM, Edward R Cole wrote: > Ramon makes a point, of course, but not all of us strive for "shack > beautiful" appearance. That would be me Ed. My station is never "not in a state of flux." Just sorting out the cables behind it gives new meaning to the term "wireless." With an SX-28 I inherited from a local ham's estate came the bass reflex speaker cabinet with the "h" in the center. It sounded wonderful on the SX-28. None of my more modern radios would drive it to more than a whisper. I've currently got an MFJ amplified 2"x2" speaker on my K3 facing me, it works better than than the internal speaker which is semi-blocked by the shelf above it, but really ... not a lot better. Given enough market desire [don't know how to assess that], offering a KPA500 form factor and blac box for a VERY elliptical speaker might be profitable, not sure how it would sound but car radios in the 60's had them and they weren't bad ... for the time. I doubt a speaker small enough for a P3 form factor would be any better than any other that size. Bose does some amazing things in small spaces ... partnership? :-)) 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ 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
