Yea, I walked up to the ClearScreech salesman and asked what his speaker
would do for cw. His reply "It filters out cw". Just what a cw man needs,
a speaker that filters out cw! And yes, you're right, the K2 is about the
ugliest little thing I ever saw. Especially that S meter with it's 5 or 6
green squares that light up and the rinkey little tuning knob. Changing
options from the front panel requires the destruction book. I used one
for a few days at home and wasn't really that impressed. It didn't sound
anything like an Omni C or Triton IV.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Rick Tyler" <rp.tyler@worldnet.att.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 08:16:13 -0400
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Dayton-one more view
> I hear some grumbling about prices on here, both about the speaker and
> about
> the price for the new QRP rig . . . I guess it's about "desire" as I
> heard
> some of the guys going nuts over the new 100 watt Elecraft K2 option .
> . .
> and they were lining up to order K2's at that booth . . . now keep this
> in
> mind that I'm not taking anything away from the K2 in performace specs
> . . .
> but it's UGLY. People on this reflector are talking about black
> cases/knobs/displays and people are flocking to the UGLY K2 and you
> know
> what ? ? ? A K2 with all the options goes for $1600 plus shipping and
> then
> you have to ( or get to, depending on your opinion) BUILD IT!
>
> Also, for those of you who think $100 is too much for a speaker,
> remember
> that Elecraft gets $59.00 for a matching EMPTY cabinet for their
> product
> line.
>
> And people will spend $150 for an (again) UGLY/Match Nothing Clear
> Speech
> Speaker?
> -or-
> You really want to put a Radio Shack speaker next to your
> Orion/OmniVI/Jupiter ? ? ?
>
> It boggles the mind . . .
>
> 73 de Rick, WQ8Q
>
>
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