Gary has _certainly been a great help, both to hams in general, blind
hams in particular, and _especially to Elecraft, as have folks at
Handihams and others, in helping them to understand what is needed,
desired, and practical.  If a company that was a lil start up several
years ago, can develop stuff that's this good and this accessible,
_Because they see the need, the nitch, and exercise the knowledge and
can keep all this up, there's a lot to be said for them.
No question, we should let folks know our complaints, but let's make
sure we applaud and help those who are really trying to do something
that's not necessarily done just for us, but that certainly benefits
us, by letting them know both with our words as well as when if and
where possible, with our dollars.

On 5/22/10, Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Danny,
>
> I haven't experienced their customer service yet but everyone I've talked to
> who has has been blown away by them.  I do have a few questions so may call
> them Monday.  But there's no question that they are aware of us, thanks to
> folks like Gary, and they even posted a textual description of the front
> panel on their web site.  I have found that to be invaluable while learning
> this thing.  Lou
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 9:47 PM
> Subject: Re: new rig
>
>
>> So good to hear a very good report on a US made rig by folks who
>> apparently are truly trying for both quality and accessibility.  I've
>> never even had my hands on anything Elecraft makes, but I've
>> sure______ heard excellent reports from everybody in my acquaintance
>> who's operated anything made by them.Maybe some day I'll get my grubby
>> lil mits on one of them. Danny.
>>
>> On 5/22/10, Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Well, I've had the K3 for a few days now and all the hype turns out to be
>>> accurate..  It's true, I'm not too familiar with today's digital signal
>>> processing having used a ts440 for the past 21 years but this thing is
>>> unbelievable.  I've never used a better CW rig and I've barely scratched
>>> the
>>> surface of what it can do.  With every QSO I'm more impressed.
>>>
>>> As for access, it's no kenwood 480 but it's certainly usable.  It should
>>> be
>>> even better once I get K3-voice running but I'm having trouble getting
>>> the
>>> computer and K3 to talk with each other.  I'm sure that'll be solved
>>> soon.
>>> In the meantime, I'll try to check into the net tomorrow and I'll keep
>>> you
>>> all posted on my progress.  I'm hoping the non-hams in my life will
>>> forgive
>>> me for being a bit distracted lately.  73,  Lou
>>>
>