I second that. Size matters to me too, but not an overiding factor. I too work from home and have limited desk space in the shack - 22" cinema display on Mac and 19" on PC do take up room, not to mention all the peripherals, like speakers, USB/Firewire hub etc.
On 28/7/07 09:03, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:19:21 -0500 > From: "Craig Rairdin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K2/K3 size > To: "'Elecraft'" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >> The small size is a (minor) consideration in my choice. >> It will be used in our RV six months out of each year, >> as is/was my K2. > > I wasn't going to contribute to the noise, but with people questioning the > relative importance of size I wanted to add one voice in favor of small. > > I work from home. I have two computers under my desk and two monitors on > top. My "shack" is an area about 24" wide and 24" deep on one of the arms of > my wrap-around desk. My K3 will be under my K2 which is under my K1 which is > under my KX1. The only reason (ONLY reason) I don't own any cool vintage > Collins equipment (which was made here in Cedar Rapids and is where I used > to work) is because I don't have room for it. > > I know I'm the only one to whom size matters. We all have different reasons, > I'm sure, but I'm willing to bet that size, weight, appearance, cost, and > other "superficial" issues are at least as important, if not more important, > to many of us than are receiver sensitivity, band stacking registers, > roofing filters, and other features and performance issues. To make > supposedly "objective" observations about the relative merits of any one > feature or benefit of the K3 or any radio is to be myopic at best and > narcissistic at worst. > > Craig > NZ0R > -- Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator and writer (106-43 BC) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
