Hi Julie, We did recently port the build environment to a new system that does compiles in about 30 seconds rather than 10 minutes, so there's hope.
73, Wayne N6KR On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM Julia Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, 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]
