[Elecraft] Just a thought...
Reading through all the posts on this list, it just occurred to me - am I the last person on earth to be running a K1? Norm vk5gi McLaren Vale South Australia Sent from my iPad __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Just a thought...
Many thanks to all who answered my thought bubble!Just goes to show that I am not alone! Serial number on my K-1 is 3380, so there are quite a few around! Kind regards Norm vk5gi McLaren Vale South Australia Sent from my iPad __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Just a thought
Septembers QST arrived the other day and on page 13 is a run down of W1AW. Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! No Elecraft or Ten Tec rigs both made in America. Just a thought that makes me go h? Mike VE3WDM __ 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
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Hi Norm, I power up all my E-gear periodically, including the K1, to remind myself of how much fun it was to design (and to build S/N 001, which always qualifies as a home-brew project). Hope you’re enjoying yours. 73, Wayne N6KR http://www.elecraft.com > On Nov 13, 2018, at 7:14 PM, Norm Lee wrote: > > Reading through all the posts on this list, it just occurred to me - am I the > last person on earth to be running a K1? > Norm vk5gi > McLaren Vale > South Australia > > Sent from my iPad > __ > 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 > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Norm, I can attest to the fact that you are not the only one still using the K1, it is still a very fine transceiver. The K2 is longer lived than the K1, it was the start of Elecraft in 1998, and is still in production 20 years later. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/13/2018 10:14 PM, Norm Lee wrote: Reading through all the posts on this list, it just occurred to me - am I the last person on earth to be running a K1? Norm vk5gi McLaren Vale South Australia Sent from my iPad __ 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 Message delivered to donw...@embarqmail.com __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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I still run a 4 band K1. It is my rig of choice for Field Day. My K2/100 is still my primary rig at home. Coupled with an AL-80BQ, its mojo still breaks through the pileups fb. Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI -Original Message- From: Norm Lee To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:14 Subject: [Elecraft] Just a thought... Reading through all the posts on this list, it just occurred to me - am I the last person on earth to be running a K1? Norm vk5gi McLaren Vale South Australia Sent from my iPad __ 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 Message delivered to wa...@arrl.net __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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052 and 078 are also regularly on the air! John K7FD Annette N7SG > On Nov 13, 2018, at 7:20 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > Hi Norm, > > I power up all my E-gear periodically, including the K1, to remind myself of > how much fun it was to design (and to build S/N 001, which always > qualifies as a home-brew project). > > Hope you’re enjoying yours. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > http://www.elecraft.com > >> On Nov 13, 2018, at 7:14 PM, Norm Lee wrote: >> >> Reading through all the posts on this list, it just occurred to me - am I >> the last person on earth to be running a K1? >> Norm vk5gi >> McLaren Vale >> South Australia >> >> Sent from my iPad >> __ >> 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 >> Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com > __ > 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 > Message delivered to macymonk...@charter.net __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Norm, there’s lots of us out here with a K1 and KX1 that still use them!! N7EDK Sent from my iPad > On Nov 13, 2018, at 10:14 PM, Norm Lee wrote: > > Reading through all the posts on this list, it just occurred to me - am I the > last person on earth to be running a K1? > Norm vk5gi > McLaren Vale > South Australia > > Sent from my iPad __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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I have been running K1 0291 for around 7 years now on 40 and 20 meters almost exclusively QRP Mobile. Have worked all over the world with this setup using only the K1 and Hamstick or Hamstick clone whips, mainly on 40. Just dabbled in the CW SS a couple of weeks ago with this setup for about 8 hours and made 99 QSOs in 45 sections including KH6 on 40. Have worked over 70 sections in past CW SS dabbling. I love the K1 QSK! Chris, AJ1G/M Stonington CT Sent from my iPhone __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Hey Norm, are you kidding ? I operate every Elecraft i own and the K1 is the center of my QRP station. Look at the attached pic ;-) 73's de IW2NOY Graziano PS My K2 is doing a piit-stop in this period with Don W3FPR reccomendations, but soon it will go back on the air. PS2 Yes, also with the Expert 1K-FA si QRP, the Expert in my shack act as Automatic antenna switcher and Auto Tuner, switching also the two input between the K3s and the K1. The Expert is the center of my shack. Il 2018-11-14 04:14 Norm Lee ha scritto: Reading through all the posts on this list, it just occurred to me - am I the last person on earth to be running a K1? Norm vk5gi McLaren Vale South Australia Sent from my iPad __ 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 Message delivered to grazi...@roccon.com __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Norm, I think you are seeing that the answer is: absolutely not! But the list traffic is light because the K1 is, well, a less complex radio. I'm finally getting around to adding the noise blanker to mine, but it's a six-bander -- with a board swap. Thank you, Elecraft! W/best regards, Pete P.S. The KX1 also us a valued member of my QRP stable. -- Peter N. Spotts -- NM5PS ARRL Public Information Coordinator, New Mexico Section http://www.nm5ps.net | Email: nm...@arrl.net | Skype: pspotts QCWA #34679 | SKCC #4853S | QRP-ARCI #4174 | CalQRP #67 NEQRP #714 | NAQCC #2446 | G-QRP #13202 | Polar Bear #348 On November 13, 2018 20:15:26 Norm Lee wrote: Reading through all the posts on this list, it just occurred to me - am I the last person on earth to be running a K1? Norm vk5gi McLaren Vale South Australia Sent from my iPad __ 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 Message delivered to nm...@arrl.net __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Mike, I bet the equipment is donated and besides these non-USA manufacturers have been advertising and thus supporting the league for many years.They also make good gear but remember that there are one hell of a lot of K3, K2 and KX3 radios being used outside North America. Our hobby is world wide - DX is the driving point for many of us. Note also that ARRL remains aloof as it needs to if producing credible reviews in QST. Competition is good. The old USA manufactures lost it with SSB and solid state electronics for a number of years. Now there is a new group of companies really competing. I bet no one offers the service and attention to its customers that Elecraft does. The bar has been lifted and the standard of radios from overseas has also improved but can they match the personal touch of Eric, Wayne and friends? Yes I am happy to see my country of birth and citizenship again producing quality ham radio equipment. It is natural to feel this way but my dream car is still a Porsche. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: 16 August 2013 11:30 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Just a thought Septembers QST arrived the other day and on page 13 is a run down of W1AW. Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! No Elecraft or Ten Tec rigs both made in America. Just a thought that makes me go h? Mike VE3WDM __ 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
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> Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! Only because that's what has been donated - "Much of the studio equipment has been donated by Amateur Radio Manufacturers". When a manufacturer makes cheap rigs they can afford to give them away! 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/16/2013 7:30 AM, Mike wrote: Septembers QST arrived the other day and on page 13 is a run down of W1AW. Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! No Elecraft or Ten Tec rigs both made in America. Just a thought that makes me go h? Mike VE3WDM __ 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
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Very well put and true.except when it comes to cars then it has to be a Carol Shelby 2013 Mustang again all "AMERICAN MADE". But they were all sold before production even started, it was the highest HP engine ever produced in a production car in excess of 850 HP. If you had one of them you could trade for a dozen Porsche's and still have money left over. It was one of those cars that if you had to ask how much it was you couldn't afford it. Not like Elecraft radios and equipment where the highest performance is at the most reasonable cost of any. 73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 8:30 AM To: 'Mike'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought Mike, I bet the equipment is donated and besides these non-USA manufacturers have been advertising and thus supporting the league for many years.They also make good gear but remember that there are one hell of a lot of K3, K2 and KX3 radios being used outside North America. Our hobby is world wide - DX is the driving point for many of us. Note also that ARRL remains aloof as it needs to if producing credible reviews in QST. Competition is good. The old USA manufactures lost it with SSB and solid state electronics for a number of years. Now there is a new group of companies really competing. I bet no one offers the service and attention to its customers that Elecraft does. The bar has been lifted and the standard of radios from overseas has also improved but can they match the personal touch of Eric, Wayne and friends? Yes I am happy to see my country of birth and citizenship again producing quality ham radio equipment. It is natural to feel this way but my dream car is still a Porsche. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: 16 August 2013 11:30 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Just a thought Septembers QST arrived the other day and on page 13 is a run down of W1AW. Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! No Elecraft or Ten Tec rigs both made in America. Just a thought that makes me go h? Mike VE3WDM __ 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3211/6582 - Release Date: 08/16/13 __ 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
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- Original Message - From: "Doug Turnbull" To: "'Mike'" ; Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought Yes I am happy to see my country of birth and citizenship again producing quality ham radio equipment. It is natural to feel this way but my dream car is still a Porsche. 73 Doug EI2CN Doug, My dream rig was always a "made in USA" ensemble of some sort. When I decided to become an active ham again, I looked at what was now available and landed in a big vat of Elecraft Kool-Aid. So many choices! I looked at the Flexradio offerings too, but while "interesting" they didn't seem very affordable or as good as (spec wise) the Elecraft KX3. Plus, they just don't have the "look and feel" of an amateur radio. Okay, that pretty much dates me. I would like to have a K3/100 and all the accessories, but I can't afford that yet. Back in the day it would have been a Collins KWM-2A, but I couldn't afford that either. Maybe by the time I can afford it, Elecraft will be making the KX3/KW (hand-held hot-pocket rocket pumping out 1.5KW PEP). Yeah, right. You think your cell phone gets hot? Hi hi! My dream car is a Tesla Sportster. By the time I can afford one of those it will have the Mr. Fusion option. 73 de AC8NS Hop - an ARRL member again __ 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
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Yes but they didn't go round corners like a Porsche:)! Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 16 Aug 2013, at 15:32, "Fred Smith" wrote: > Very well put and true.except when it comes to cars then it has to be a > Carol Shelby 2013 Mustang again all "AMERICAN MADE". But they were all sold > before production even started, it was the highest HP engine ever produced > in a production car in excess of 850 HP. If you had one of them you could > trade for a dozen Porsche's and still have money left over. It was one of > those cars that if you had to ask how much it was you couldn't afford it. > > Not like Elecraft radios and equipment where the highest performance is at > the most reasonable cost of any. > > > > > > > > 73, > Fred/N0AZZ > K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 > P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 > > > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 8:30 AM > To: 'Mike'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought > > Mike, >I bet the equipment is donated and besides these non-USA manufacturers > have been advertising and thus supporting the league for many years.They > also make good gear but remember that there are one hell of a lot of K3, K2 > and KX3 radios being used outside North America. Our hobby is world wide - > DX is the driving point for many of us. Note also that ARRL remains aloof > as it needs to if producing credible reviews in QST. > >Competition is good. The old USA manufactures lost it with SSB and > solid state electronics for a number of years. Now there is a new group of > companies really competing. I bet no one offers the service and attention > to its customers that Elecraft does. The bar has been lifted and the > standard of radios from overseas has also improved but can they match the > personal touch of Eric, Wayne and friends? > > Yes I am happy to see my country of birth and citizenship again > producing quality ham radio equipment. It is natural to feel this way but > my dream car is still a Porsche. > > 73 Doug EI2CN > > -----Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike > Sent: 16 August 2013 11:30 > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] Just a thought > > Septembers QST arrived the other day and on page 13 is a run down of W1AW. > Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! No Elecraft or Ten Tec rigs > both made in America. > Just a thought that makes me go h? > Mike > VE3WDM > __ > 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 > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3211/6582 - Release Date: 08/16/13 > > __ > 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
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I see a Flex - 5000 in the list. Hey I'm an Elecraft fan. I love there products and people. I own and operate KX3. I do not have any Flex equipment. But I believe there is an American designed and made transceiver in the equipment list (Studio 2). 73 de AA5XQ __ 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
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NOTHING goes around a corner like a Porsche !!! My Mini Cooper S does a great simulation, but it is not a Porsche! Tom - W4BQF -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tim Hague Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 11:59 AM To: Fred Smith Cc: Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought Yes but they didn't go round corners like a Porsche:)! Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 16 Aug 2013, at 15:32, "Fred Smith" wrote: > Very well put and true.except when it comes to cars then it has to > be a Carol Shelby 2013 Mustang again all "AMERICAN MADE". But they > were all sold before production even started, it was the highest HP > engine ever produced in a production car in excess of 850 HP. If you > had one of them you could trade for a dozen Porsche's and still have > money left over. It was one of those cars that if you had to ask how much it was you couldn't afford it. > > Not like Elecraft radios and equipment where the highest performance > is at the most reasonable cost of any. > > > > > > > > 73, > Fred/N0AZZ > K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 > P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 > > > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 8:30 AM > To: 'Mike'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought > > Mike, >I bet the equipment is donated and besides these non-USA manufacturers > have been advertising and thus supporting the league for many years. They > also make good gear but remember that there are one hell of a lot of K3, K2 > and KX3 radios being used outside North America. Our hobby is world wide - > DX is the driving point for many of us. Note also that ARRL remains aloof > as it needs to if producing credible reviews in QST. > >Competition is good. The old USA manufactures lost it with SSB and > solid state electronics for a number of years. Now there is a new group of > companies really competing. I bet no one offers the service and attention > to its customers that Elecraft does. The bar has been lifted and the > standard of radios from overseas has also improved but can they match > the personal touch of Eric, Wayne and friends? > > Yes I am happy to see my country of birth and citizenship again > producing quality ham radio equipment. It is natural to feel this way but > my dream car is still a Porsche. > > 73 Doug EI2CN > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike > Sent: 16 August 2013 11:30 > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] Just a thought > > Septembers QST arrived the other day and on page 13 is a run down of W1AW. > Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! No Elecraft or Ten Tec > rigs both made in America. > Just a thought that makes me go h? > Mike > VE3WDM > __ > 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 > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3211/6582 - Release Date: > 08/16/13 > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought
Tom, I have owned 2 Porsches, a 944 and a Boxster. I now have a Scion FR-S, and its cornering is awfully close, if not on a par, with those machines. Still dreaming of a 911, though. Monty K2DLJ NOTHING goes around a corner like a Porsche !!! My Mini Cooper S does a great simulation, but it is not a Porsche! Tom - W4BQF __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought
I thought the thing about Porsche 911s was that in the wet you have to go round roundabouts twice. (I suspect this joke won't traverse the Atlantic well, but never mind) I don't have a problem with Non-US radios in W1AW but I agree it would be nice to see an Elecraft radio there as well. Japan have dominated the market for some time because they have produced the best radios for the price. The investment has been enormous, supported by a large local market. Elecraft have only dented this dominance. We have to remember that even if the radio is designed and built nationally, many of the components will have been designed in Europe or Japan but manufactured in China or elsewhere. These days there is probably no such thing as an entirely American radio, or a Japanese one, or a British one. Mike G0MJW/AD6XY -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Just-a-thought-tp7577761p7577785.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
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Hmmm indeed. That's the same way Washington DC works. Donations. 73 Mike R __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought
I asked someone at ARRL HQ, and was told that much of the equipment has been donated by the respective manufacturers. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 8/16/2013 4:30 AM, Mike wrote: Septembers QST arrived the other day and on page 13 is a run down of W1AW. Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! No Elecraft or Ten Tec rigs both made in America. Just a thought that makes me go h? Mike VE3WDM __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought
Look at the LOTW Home page. Yaesu is emblazoned on the top half. 73 de Brian/K3KO On 8/20/2013 19:39, Jim Lowman wrote: I asked someone at ARRL HQ, and was told that much of the equipment has been donated by the respective manufacturers. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 8/16/2013 4:30 AM, Mike wrote: Septembers QST arrived the other day and on page 13 is a run down of W1AW. Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! No Elecraft or Ten Tec rigs both made in America. Just a thought that makes me go h? Mike VE3WDM __ 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3211/6093 - Release Date: 08/20/13 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3211/6093 - Release Date: 08/20/13 __ 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