Bill, W4ZV said >BTW I had to laugh out loud when I saw a new IC-7700 owner tout its 7.2 pound tuning knob! Gosh "he could've had a K3" for only 1 more pound!
Yup, it's true. On a weekly basis, I still get to appreciate the size and weight (or lack of) of the K3. I am (lately) moving lots of stuff on the desk around, opening up the K3, etc and there is NOTHING like being about to lift the entire rig up off the desk with ONE HAND while the other hand is free to do "other stuff." A very long way from thinking that I should have help when simply "moving" a brand X rig off the desk. And excerpted from a private email from Wayne to me on May 5, 2007, in describing the vision.... "Affordable -- portable -- high performance." Portable? VP6 showed that. High Performance? ARRL and Sherwood, plus lots of happy users show that Affordable - YMMV, but on a "bang for the buck" scale, "without a doubt" and beyond reproach. Again, taking Bills' example of the IC7700...well, all I can say is "give me a break." How many K3's can you get for one 7700? :-) We should all celebrate in what Elecraft has accomplished...beyond just the radio itself, but in setting (through achievement) new benchmarks. de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ 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
