Rick, I too want to watch Elecraft evolution as a company. Niche marketing
is especially interesting to me.
I know it is a personal factor, but I want a separate mode switch, and
separate instant selection band switches. Leaving these off a high end rig
has no excuse and altho die hard Elecraft folks will defend to the death,
these two human factors are important and I am hearing privately from many
guys who agree with me and who like big rigs (but will not send a message to
the group, likely for fear of attacks from rabid fans). See, I do not want
a rig that I have "to get used to."
Also, because the rig was designed from scratch, there is no excuse for the
small box/front panel. And for TWO fans! That is the main reason I say K3
evolved from K2... i.e., toy sized, etc., but not the innards, of course.
This reminds me of the Drake TR-7 face design which was a HUGE mistake altho
Drake told me that they consulted lots of experts (ex-spurts) and then came
up with a look of a consumer stereo. I know that hurt that rig market when
it was up against JA rigs with military look. Real engineers seem to stall
out when they try to confront intangible human factors, which is
understandable because those factors often do not make logical sense.
73,
Charles Harpole
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