Early this month I sent my K3 in for upgrades and updates, it is on its way back right now. I put the kit together in 08 and understand it is now modified to be up-to-date with the new off the shelf K3s. I won't mention the cost involved, only to say it was absolutely reasonable and that it is really amazing to find such dedication from a company to their product line.
I remember my first radio when I was a ham; it was a brand new TS-820S and it was nothing but trouble from the first week I had it. Kenwood would not stand behind their errors and found excuses for not covering the problems caused by myriad cold soldered joints. I even asked a Japanese friend to write to Trio-Kenwood directly for me to get help and was given the cold shoulder and they would not warranty it. That was 1979 and I have never bought anything Kenwood ever since and I never will again. Elecraft on the other hand has been nothing but helpful and willing to go overboard to help me with any question and resolve any issue I have ever had. I will be a life-long customer of Elecraft because of this. I appreciate the quality of their equipment and I appreciate the dignity they give me as a customer. Gary KA1J > I'm coming late to this party (thread), but I want to object to the > implication that the K3 must be reaching the end of development. > > There are two ways to pay for development. Either you charge for > enhancements to old products, or you come out with new ones. I once > suggested to Wayne that he charge for new features after some point. > The > response singed my eyebrows! This is /never/ going to happen. > > So I am always surprised that Elecraft continues to improve the K3 > -- > more than just providing support for it -- despite the fact that it > is > an 'old' product. This is very different from what other > manufacturers > do. But it's understandable that most of the effort goes into new > products. > > Nevertheless I am looking forward to continued enhancement of the > K3. > There are certainly areas in which it can be improved, even though > it > already is one of the top performing amateur transceivers available > at > any price. > > The KX3 is an impressive piece of engineering, but although nobody > stops > you from using it in a fixed station, it is best adapted to use as a > field rig. Personally, I didn't buy one because I have an emotional > attachment to my old K2 for that purpose! > > On 1/21/2014 3:15 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > > On 1/21/2014 3:00 PM, Gary Smith wrote: > > > >> So why the love fest with the KX3 and so little heard now about > the > >> K3 on the reflector? > > > > The K3 is approaching maturity as a product, just as the K2 did. > S/N's > > are now in the high thousands, we'll probably see occasional FW > > releases, but it is a very stable product. The KX3 [+accessories] > is > > the new kid on the block, and thus gets most of the attention. > Elecraft > > will hopefully announce a new, different product [K<mumble>], at > which > > point, you will be asking, "Why the love fest with the K<mumble> > and so > > little heard now about the KX3." > > > > 73, > > > > Fred K6DGW > > - Northern California Contest Club > > - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 > > - www.cqp.org > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > -- > Vic > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
