One thing I haven't seen mentioned:
Both the K2 and K3 are competitive grade contest radios in kit form...
I'd be curious to know how many records are now held by Elecraft equipped
stations.
73,
Julius
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
TnQP http://www.tnqp.org/
Elecraft K2/100
I had a TR-7 that was pre-warc. The optional Aux-7 board had IC's to
populate to allow you to Rx/Tx on a band of your choice. Remove
specific pins on the IC and a broad range of frequencies would be
opened. The Aux-7 and the ICs were very expensive from Drake so there
came a mod that required
The K3's performance clearly exceeds its price (check it out, two
possessives in once sentence and only 1 has an apostrophe) and I believe
it is a contender for greatest rig ever or at least very noteworthy
in the historical radio timeline.
How long do you think we have to wait before folks
Kieth,
My vote is for the KWM2 because it brought the concept of transceivers
to amateur radio.
My second vote is for the Drake C line. I believe that was the
turnaround point of amateur thinking about receiver performance. Prior
to that time, the major consideration for receiver specs was
I couldn't resist:
Grebe CR-18 (one of the 1st commercially-produced ham-only regen receivers -
ca. 1926)
National SW-3/Pilot Super Wasp - 1st mass-produced ham receivers (Pilot in
kit form);
National HRO - Revolutionized Superhet technology My Vote for THE Receiver
all of all time;
Hello Paul!
I couldn't resist:
Me too.
In the early 50's, the Central Electronics products that brought SSB
into Amateur radio in a practical way. Maybe not Hallicrafters, but
still Chicago based :-)
And one mustn't forget the various Swan transceivers, starting with the
SW-175, SW-140
And one mustn't forget the various Swan transceivers,
starting with the
SW-175, SW-140 and SW-120 made in a garage in Benson,
Arizona in the
very early 60's. Then the SW-240 and in 1965 the SW-350
(and its long
line of variants) brought SSB and the transceiver concept
into the range
Darwin, Keith wrote:
How long do you think we have to wait before folks begin speaking of
the K3 as one of the most influential rigs?
And what rigs would you say are the most historically influential?
Which ones caused a major shift in the history of amateur radio?
I would
U.S built rigs have been first for most inovations.
Subject to correction on all of these:
TenTec
1. Triton - First totally solid state rig.
2. Triton - First QSK cw rig
3. Triton - First to use contact paper to cover it's cabinet. + lots of
their other products.
4. Triton - First to use red
Wes Stewart wrote:
Herb Johnson and Swan were the Eric, Wayne and Elecraft of the day.
I hardly think W E would sell a product designed to appeal to CBers operating
with
illegal power and VFOs! Consider the Swan 1011:
http://www.cbworldinformer.com/200202/ccc_history.htm
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Steve Ellington wrote:
U.S built rigs have been first for most inovations.
I don't know if anyone's mentioned one of the first all solid-state ham
receivers, the
Davco DR-30, made in Florida.
http://www.w8zr.net/vintage/receivers/davco.htm
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com wrote:
Wes Stewart wrote:
Herb Johnson and Swan were the Eric, Wayne and
Elecraft of the day.
I hardly think W E would sell a product designed to
appeal to CBers operating with illegal power and VFOs!
Consider the Swan 1011:
OK, I
Time to end this thread before it gets flogged to death. ;-)
73, Eric WA6HHQ
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Wes Stewart wrote:
OK, I considered it: The Swan was a ten-meter transceiver that received on
11-meters.
My K3 receives the BC band to 30 Mhz, including the CB band. So what? I once
owned a
KWM-1 that was removed from a B-47. (Likely one that had been overflying the
Soviet
Union) It
I bet Eric is coming along to squash this thread soon!
You win!
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com wrote:
Wes Stewart wrote:
OK, I considered it: The Swan was a ten-meter transceiver that received on
11-meters.
My K3 receives the BC band to 30 Mhz, including
Shortly after I graduated from Cal Poly Pomona (in Pomona, California) I
purchased a Kenwood TS520 from Henry Radio in Los Angeles. It was one of the
few brand new rigs that I have purchased. I kept for almost 20 years until I
traded it for an Icom IC 735. Both were excellent radios. I still have
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