RE: [Elecraft] To The K3 Design and Production Team

2007-07-28 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Reminds me of Kelly Martin's famous Skunk Works at Lockheed Aircraft where a small team, isolated by national secrecy working strictly on a need to know basis, successfully developed the first prototype American jet fighter in only 80 days, then went on to develop such legendary aircraft as the

Re: [Elecraft] To The K3 Design and Production Team

2007-07-28 Thread N2EY
In a message dated 7/27/07 7:49:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is amazing to me that such a small group of individuals can design and produce a product of this complexity and quality. Amazing, but not surprising. After all, they are complex and high-quality

Re: [Elecraft] To The K3 Design and Production Team

2007-07-28 Thread Jim Murray
I give them a lot of credit for designing and putting out quality kits. I believe ham radio and Heathkit sparked a lot of future engineers and techs and I'm sure these kits will do the same. 73, Jim/k2hn

[Elecraft] To The K3 Design and Production Team

2007-07-27 Thread Ed Lambert
It is amazing to me that such a small group of individuals can design and produce a product of this complexity and quality. That a handful of people did this is just . amazing. Where is their multimillion dollar research department, their HR department, their executive support? How could they

Re: [Elecraft] To The K3 Design and Production Team

2007-07-27 Thread AJSOENKE
Maybe you've heard the old saying Too many Chefs spoil the Broth or words to that effect. Many years of developing highly sophisticated space hardware taught me and many in my field that nothing can compete with a compact and highly motivated development team. In fact the best ones depend