Hey Mike,

Nothin wrong with QRP. It's good fun, althoughI admit to being a relative newcomer to the pursuit. 

I'm really looking forward to my KX3, which will be here Friday. With 10 to 12 watts depending on power supply voltage. Current rig is an Elecraft K2/100, but it's not working on SSB at the moment, not sure what happened there, but it's going to the Elecraft hospital again shortly. After the KX3 gets here.
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jun 12, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Mike Cozzolino <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> ya eric, that sounds good, why do you want to run qrp all the 
> time?  you can buy a k3 with out the 100watt amp and have about 12 
> watts and you can turn it down to anything from 12 watt down to 0 
> watts out.  you don't carry your radio around do you?  we need to 
> talk on the ll and you can tell me what you are trying to do.  i 
> understand that you have never made a hf contact, that seems to me to 
> be there is something wrong to not have made any hf qsos.  rob and i 
> are willing to help you get something going.  i guess you are either 
> in capitol towers or in one of the garden apartments.  take care, c u mike
> 
> 
> 
> At 04:15 PM 6/12/2012, you wrote:
>> Hello Mike,
>> I'd be very interested eventually in getting one of the speech readouts for
>> a Yaesu FT817ND or an Icom IC703  Plus.
>> 
>> In the meantime I may just get rid of those Qrp radios and get an Elecraft
>> KX3 next fall around Pacificon time.
>> 
>> By that time the radio should be sort of mature and Rob will have added the
>> complete command set which he seems to presently have for the K3.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Eric
>> KU3I