Yes. I can understand your feelings for the K1. It's the coolest cw
transceiver you can own. Not too small - not too big. Seems like there
is nothing I can't work with it. If I can hear - I can work it. Mine
has 80, 40, 20 and 17 and the tuner. A 120' doublet feed with 300 ohm
twin-lead
Ha ha. I've been collecting ideas and notes to make a work-alike retro
K1. It's a fun on-paper exercise, and an excuse to really dig into the
K1 to understand how it works. But I don't think I'd want to devote the
time required to accomplish it.
On the other hand, leave the K2 alone! hi. Like
My K2 sentiments, too, Eric. Relatively easy to
work on and still a fine transceiver. I still
have several projects in mind for it, and with the
K3 as my main rig now I feel more free to take the
K2/100 off line for a longer period than before.
Basically, I'd like the K2 to stay a K2.
It
Well, if you folks will wait for another decade or so, the K1, K2 and
KX1 will be retro too.
Not only that, I would expect most of them to still be working FB.
They will never be the size and weight on a 75A4!
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/12/2014 2:35 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
My K2 sentiments, too, Eric.
I would rather continue to speculate on a K4. The K2 is wonderful the
way it is. Last I heard Elecraft had a huge stockpile of parts for the
K2. So I would expect it to be around a few more years. What more could
you ask for in a portable rig than the KX3 has to offer?
/If/ there is ever
Yes, technology does advance. In addition to
Perhaps a portion of the firmware can be user
updated. The user display for example. -- Maybe
there will be a way to fine tune the user as well.
That seems to be the weak point of many rigs (at
least my rigs!) :-)
Phil W7OX
On 4/12/14, 4:15 PM,
With any transceiver, there is always the problem of the ham behind the
VFO knob. If you can solve that, it would be of great benefit to the
entire ham community.
An advanced transceiver will be more and more complex. but hopefully as
technologies advance, the manufacturers will provide
Just the mention of the 75A4 brings a nostalgic tingle. I was too young
at that time to even dream of owning one, but I did get to turn that big
knob and listen on occasion. I feel sorry for those new hams who will
never have the chance to know how special that radio was - and still is.
I tend to think that a big, color display would provide a great deal
more information including the state of all important controls. I do
believe that the K3 is a complex rig as it is. Everything has been done
to make its complexity as manageable as possible - but the size and
nature of the
I am still adding to my K2...but just dreaming...I would like to see a
center detent on the RIT, a kx3 like display, except green, with both A/B
VFOs displayed. A separate digital in/out like the K3, an updated DAC with
finer resolution... And DSP controls like K3/KX3. I know get a KX3...not
yet.
Obviously a lot of thought has been put into evolving the Elecraft
lineup. I have everything up to but not including the K3. The K1 is my
favorite for some reason. I like how it sounds on CW. I like the
relative simplicity and size. The KX1 is a very different radio and very
specialized for a
Having noticed the recent semiannual K4 speculation I wanted to offer
speculation in a different direction.
The K2 was originally offered as a true kit that, upon completion, provided
a radio capable of both home use and trail use.
The trail/remote and home use capabilities have been
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