I'm hoping for hopes, that Elecraft Inc. is seriously considering a new TRANSCEIVER KIT rig for the future. K3's and all sorts of K2 mods have been discussed - probably overly so. Having built and used (for a short time) K2 #5422 this past spring, there's no question to me, that the quality, thought, and engineering that went into creating and supporting the K2 - is nothing but outstanding. No question ..
A veteral K2 ham related to me the difficulties of making a K2 SSB rig work well, in the QRP mode. Bandwidth vs power and all that. But it seems pretty evident that Elecraft should seriously pursue creating a K3 base rig, with at least: K3 HF Transceiver consider including VHF 100W pep minimum included CW, SSB included .. then other options if need be a real NB DSP in the IF, somehow standard consider GP coverage in receive larger front panel, knobs and buttons LCD color base display KITTED product I'm sure many of us would jump to buy one, and probably many K2 owners too. It's not being disloyal to the K2 - it is just another notch in one's belt, in one's arsenal of ham technology gear. If design staff is dear (precious) - hire some contract RF HF designer(s) to do the major legwork of the design. 9/2006 ---- the clock is a running Dayton 2007 isn't that far away Fred N3CSY __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com