Hi Wayne et al, I'm quite happy with my KX3, and I think it fits nicely into your product line, but I'd feel a lot better about ongoing sales if you resurrected the firmware build and made a few of the small changes people are looking for -- I'm still hoping for SMTR MD to be finished!
73, Julie On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM Wayne Burdick via Elecraft < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rick, > > Thanks for your input. > > While a mid-level radio between the KX3 and K4 is an interesting idea, for > the foreseeable future that radio is still the KX3. We intentionally > designed it as "chameliod" system, adaptable to many operating scenarios -- > take the radio itself out to a picnic table, add a KXPA100 for mobile at > 100 W, and add the PX3 for home use. > > At a presentation once I showed a slide of the K3 next to the KX1. I said > the K3 met the KX1 at a bar, they got drunk, and 9 months later there was > the KX3 :-) This is utterly non-PC now, of course, but you get the idea: > we _do_ like thinking about hybrid products. > > Keep those ideas coming. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 12:22 PM Richard Pedowski via Elecraft < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Good afternoon, > > > > Given the recent announcement regarding the K4HD and the upcoming price > > increase in May, I believe this presents an opportunity for Elecraft to > > reintroduce a model positioned between the KX3 and the K4 series. > > > > Based on the K4HD module description, it seems to feature a modernized > K3S > > front-end (synthesizer, filters, mixer, etc.). By combining this with the > > KX3’s DSP and the K4’s PA, Elecraft could create a strong candidate for a > > 'K3S MKII.' This would also create a 'unified hardware platform' allowing > > software development across all radios (a current example being the > > implementation of SSNR, which is unfortunately not available for the > > K3/K3S). > > > > Alternatively, the K3S MKII could be realized as a new DSP board upgrade > > for existing K3/K3S units. > > > > So, just out of curiosity: Would you be interested in the K3S MKII, as I > > am? > > > > 73 Rick, HB9TQU > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > -- > Elecraft, Inc. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
