The superhet is the K4HD, not the K4D. “D” only adds a second AtoD and an antenna port. It will be available when radios ship.
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Jan 5, 2021, at 2:43 PM, Doug Turnbull <turnb...@net1.ie> wrote: > > Dear OMs and YLs, > > Someone on this forum stated that if sold in kit form that the K4 did > not need CE approval for sale in the EU. I am not sure this is true but > hope so and of course then hope that the kit is coming out sooner rather > than later. I have a deposit down for the second group of shipments and > this would mean that I might actually see the K4 sooner. > > > > Once the K4D with superhet frontend is available, the new front end > will be ordered plus a second K4D. I already have homes for my two K3 > radios. Probably will also want another KPA 1500. > > > > So any word on CE approval process, whether it is required for kits > sold into the EU and the availability of the kit version of the K4 is > anxiously awaited. > > > > As and aside it would be nice if the next version of the KPA 1500 > could be run efficiently at 400W. Contest power is generally 1500 Watts > in EI but normal output power is limited to 400W. An Acom 2000A also in > the shack may be the amp to use when operating under normal conditions. > Having said this, the KPA is a beautiful amp and it is for that reason a > second one is considered. > > > > Yes perhaps this is greed but at 76 there are not that many more > sunspot cycles in store for me. I started like most of you with a > surplus RGB II (forerunner of the HQ120) bought from summer job and baby > siting. The first rig was an old borrowed TCS surplus radio before > building a two 6146 rig from a QST article. What a great hobby radio is. > > > > 73 Doug EI2CN > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 n...@widomaker.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
