Eric,
interestingly I didn't get your mail yet, neither the direct one nor
that via the reflector although Chas already responded to it. Who knows
... so will pick his one to answer. Thanks for the explaination. The
insight is much appreciated although not what I wanted to hear. ;-) Will
make up my mind again during Christmas ... maybe Santa will be generous.
;-) Otherwise as said before I can live with the "old" one plus external
USB card ... as I do with the old synth boards ...
73, Olli
Contest, DX & radio projects: http://www.dh8bqa.de
Am 19.12.2015 um 22:58 schrieb Charlie T, K3ICH:
You make a very good case for buying a new K3s.
I chose that route, and after all the finagling and swapping, it cost me under
$500 to go from a 2007 K3 to a brandie new 2015 K3s.
Heckuva deal if you axe me.
I must add that the recovered audio is absolutely THE best I've heard from any
transceiver.
Even with a pair of mediocre speakers, it sounds great.
Chas
-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric
Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 3:50 PM
To: Oliver Dröse <dro...@necg.de>
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KIO3B pricing (was: Re: K3IOB)
Hi Olli,
Yes, 389.95 is the correct price.
This is not a single board. It is a three board set that costs much more than
our old KIO3B to manufacture. The board set also now contains a new USB Codec,
USB Comm port, Internal USB hub and additional logic to handle routing of data
between the USB and RS-232 paths (all fitting into the same space as the old
boards). The upgrade kit also includes two external cables (one custom), new hw
etc. These boards are also manufactured at a much lower volume than those in
the PC market, with the subsequent increased cost on our end. A $200 price
would be selling at a significant loss.
Our goal is always to price our products as reasonably as possible after taking
into account our production and support costs while making enough profit to
continue to exist and serve the amateur radio market. We walk that line
carefully every day. And its always a challenge! :-)
73,
Eric
elecraft.com
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