RE: [Elecraft] K2/K3 size

[Chris Kantarjiev]

 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 know I'm the only one to whom size matters.

This last was probably a typo, no? :-)

I'll echo your sentiments. My shack is the small back corner of
my desk that remains after my work and the house expenses and
general paperwork cover the rest, in a home office shared with
my very patient XYL. The K2 and Schurr Profi fit perfectly;
the power supply is down on the floor in a not very inconvenient
spot. I just rearranged things to make room for an EC2 with KPA/KAT100,
and I have to tell you, it was a challenge...

73 de chris K6DBG
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RE: [Elecraft] K2/K3 size

[Craig Rairdin]

 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

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