Hi all, About a year after I was licensed in 2008 I was extremely unhappy with how I was approaching the hobby. I sat there, looking at a pile of expensive kit I had no understanding of and realized I was not achieving my goals that pushed me to be licensed in the first place. Those included building things, learning morse code, and developing a better understanding.
So, I sold all the appliances and bought a K1 kit! It was a wonderful build, and I really loved adjusting the VFO by adjusting wire spacing on L1. So much fun! Of course, to use it I had to learn morse code, so I did. I'm still not great, but that's just lack of practice. I am disappointed that there have not been any new solder kits from Elecraft and probably never will be again, though I understand the economics, the problems with parts availability, and soldering surface mount components. Even so, it makes me sad. Every time I use my K1 it makes me giddy with joy. Truly a wonderful radio. Thank you so much for making it. 73, Byron N6NUL K1 #2799 On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > We should have made a formal announcement here. Yes, we discontinued it > because certain parts are hard to come by now, making it no longer cost > effective for us to manufacture. > > It was a great product for us, and I used mine for years, taking it on many > trips. I thought of it as a “Sierra on Steroids” at the time (referring to an > earlier design I did for the NorCal QRP Club). But we’ve moved on to more > versatile field radios, including the KX2 and KX3. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > >> On Aug 30, 2017, at 8:36 AM, Kevin Anderson via Elecraft >> <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: >> >> I am a little surprised that no mention was made on this e-mail list about >> the K1 being just recently discontinued. Or if it had, I missed it and >> don't find it in a search of the list. >> >> It is being discussed over the QRP-L list, started by someone disappointed >> that he just finally had tried to order a K1 this past week or weekend and >> got the news. >> >> I presume that some key part has become unavailable, or has parts deemed not >> worth restocking any longer due to significant decline in demand for the >> transceiver. >> >> Kevin Anderson > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to by...@n6nul.org -- - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the Cal QSO Party 7-8 Oct 2017 - 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
