It is still on the price list: http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_prod_list.htm#k1
73, Byron N6NUL On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Joseph M. Durnal <joseph.dur...@gmail.com> wrote: > This news is inspirational. My half built K1, SN 2350 as been with another > ham since 2008. I retrieved it today. > > I had a problem on receive and had trouble figuring it out. It turns out > that I missed D5, but checked it off. > > https://imgur.com/a/v9aMm > > I'm going to try and finish it sooner than later. > > Any chance that KAT1 is still available? > > 73 de Joseph M. Durnal - NE3R > > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 11:58 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 joseph.dur...@gmail.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 > 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
