Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

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

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

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 #445

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

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 t

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

> I bet Eric is coming along to squash this thread soon! You win! On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Vic K2VCO 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 the CB ban

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

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)

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time? [END of Thread]

Time to end this thread before it gets flogged to death. ;-) 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:El

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Vic K2VCO 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 consid

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

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. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2v

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

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: -- 73, Vic, K2

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

"Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time? >> Darwin, Keith wrote: > >>> How long do you think we have to wait before folks begin speaking of >>> the K3 as o

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

> 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 wo

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

> > 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 th

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig 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 an

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

"Don Wilhelm" To: "Darwin, Keith" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time? > Kieth, > > My vote is for the KWM2 because it brought the concept of transceivers > to amateur r

Re: [Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

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 '

[Elecraft] How long until K3 is declared the greatest rig of all time?

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 b