Wayne and Eric have on numerous occasions stated in this forum that they will continue to support the K3/K3S in terms of maintenance. Now, one has to be realistic in expectations. To have replacement cards made for replacements or upgrades, manufactured in small numbers will become prohibitively expensive. Elecraft does not manufacture their own boards. Once their stock is depleted, cards obviously will be come unavailable. Wayne has stated in this forum that his repairs will go to component level, when cards are gone from stock. So now component availability will be the driving issue. I believe the K3/K3S has been in production for over 15 years and I am sure they have dealt with component obsolescence in the past, but know we cannot expect an engineering team to do redesign work for an out of production radio. Replacement processor's, memory, ADCs, etc, could be a problem as component obsolesce kicks in. I too have a K3, that I want to move from my home station to support my portable work and replace it with a K4 (When the kit version comes out). In my opinion based on Elecraft's past performance and statements made by Wayne and Eric, loss of maintenance support for the K3/K3S will be due to parts obsolesce and not Elecraft lack of support. I too look for years of usage out of my K3.
73, Charlie, N2PKW -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Thomas Donohue Sent: Monday, August 02, 2021 8:26 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3/K3S Options and Upgrades [You don't often get email from tomdo...@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] Given the termination of options and upgrades, I'm concerned that the same thing will happen to K3/K3S service and repair. There are a lot of us here in customer land that will need that capability well into the future, therefore it's loss or diminishment would adversely affect lots of folks. I attempted to post this item on the K4 reflector and it was denied in part because it was off topic; however, it seems to me that the increasing attention being paid to the K4, has resulted in less attention going to the K3/K3S. So, I would like to know how some of you out there feel about that? Best 73, Tom/W1QU Sent from my iPad ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Felecraft&data=04%7C01%7Ccharles.hardt%40mgccc.edu%7Cf6d48027c62c4c22b44908d955b97cee%7Ca78575e91fd246b1aace92a336b018b4%7C0%7C0%7C637635077698630883%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=c%2BBw4bM%2FFR3RQ%2BXuxkMd5jEDxmxb2NFcBkoVxC7kVpA%3D&reserved=0 Help: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmmfaq.htm&data=04%7C01%7Ccharles.hardt%40mgccc.edu%7Cf6d48027c62c4c22b44908d955b97cee%7Ca78575e91fd246b1aace92a336b018b4%7C0%7C0%7C637635077698630883%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=JT1EFQSDJODkw8rlmrUxIDSAKyRogn1NhxgLGTB4x3I%3D&reserved=0 Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ccharles.hardt%40mgccc.edu%7Cf6d48027c62c4c22b44908d955b97cee%7Ca78575e91fd246b1aace92a336b018b4%7C0%7C0%7C637635077698630883%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=QQVHNRJ4lGaWNKIJLHbSX0MlPjpZsElQej7ApiUs20E%3D&reserved=0 Please help support this email list: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net%2Fdonate.html&data=04%7C01%7Ccharles.hardt%40mgccc.edu%7Cf6d48027c62c4c22b44908d955b97cee%7Ca78575e91fd246b1aace92a336b018b4%7C0%7C0%7C637635077698630883%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=gUxkssBCKIayBWCC1dnmknAY5SuV1h9fBXiYRBp%2BcBw%3D&reserved=0 Message delivered to charles.ha...@mgccc.edu ______________________________________________________________ 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
