Well said John! But I also agree that it is of essense for Elecraft that we are allowed to, and able to give feedback and 'want lists'. Then Elecraft can use this information as they desire to further develop the K3 and maybe even get input to a potential 'K4'. If someone asks for something that is out of scope or just too much; well... no big deal! Then they can just ignore it and life goes on.
Yeasu has a history of 61 HF rigs and they still manage to squeeze in new features/styles/looks just about every release. Icom has made 47 HF radios and Kenwood 36 (ref. RigPix). So think about this for a minute: Elecraft is currently on their 4th HF rig. Two of these 4 Elecraft rigs are topping the ARRL QST/Sherwood engineering lists of receivers (and to me a good RX is no doubt #1 priority in a radio). Not all 148 rigs mentioned above are on that particular list but we do have a reasonably clear indication that Wayne and Eric and others at Elecraft are not totally lost when it comes to HF radio design. But even these superstars cannot satisfy every ham radio operator in the world - at least not at the same time - within the same box. But I'm absolutely certain that they are listening and will try their best to develop something even better if and when they can. When was the last time _your_ input helped shape the next YeaWoodComTec rig? I bet dollars to donuts that Elecraft's next HF rig (K4?) will have one-touch band switching and VFO stacking amongst other things. Personally I like to buy new rigs once in a while and I would be very disappointed if Elecraft didn't release anything new within the next 10 years or so - with or without one-touch everything. So look at it positively: There _is_ and always will be room for improvement. We have something to look forward to and we have been blessed with an American ham radio manufacturer that caters to us and not only is listening well but actually talks back to us - promptly at that! You won't hear any complaints from me; but I can't guarantee that I won't come up with suggestions in an effort to assist with the never ending brainstorming. As (experimenting) radio amateurs I don't think it's a big stretch for some of us to never be 100% satisfied with the rig in front of us and to always look for ways to make it better - regardless of how good it is out of the box. Are - LB3SA KX1 & K2 in operation and a K3 on order (only 2 months to go! :) ) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-Thoughts-tp17576532p17597095.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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
