Re: [Elecraft] K3: shipping status updated

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: No reason to be upset :-) The order rate is still -very- good. We're just doing even better in production. We've planned on ramping up production to this point from the start and to be honest, for ongoing business in this market long term, it is

Re: [Elecraft] custom Morse ringtones

Lloyd Lachow wrote: My phone, a Treo 600, can use .midi files as ringtones, and I can link any tone to a specific caller. In theory, I could have every caller in my phonebook ID themselves in morse...but in practice, I only use it for unknown callers. I just recently purchased a Treo 650.

Re: [Elecraft] start with straight key or paddles?

Mike wrote: When I took my Extra exam 25 years ago, they had already eliminated the Morse sending test. Too bad, I thought. When I took my commercial telegraph exam the same year, Morse sending tests were still required (one minute without error at 20 wpm plain language, and16 wpm code

[Elecraft] First Elecraft kit completed.

You'll notice I didn't say on the air. That's because my first kit was the lowly DL1 Dummy Load. I plan to eventually build a K2, but that didn't seem like a good place to start. Next on the block are a Norcal 40A and a T1. I can't wait to make the first contact using equipment I built.