K3 Design

[Barry N1EU]

W4ZV penned: "Count me as one who is thankful I am not forced to pay
for General Coverage, FM, AM, ATU, bandscopes and a host of other
features I don't need.  Of course all of these
are possible for extra cost, but I'm not forced to pay for the
features I don't need and will never use."

Unless I'm mistaken, I AM being forced to pay for an ATU option in
order to get a 2nd antenna input and to pay for a transverter option
to get a rx antenna input.  I'm thrilled about the K3, just not
thrilled about this part of the option matrix.

73,
Barry N1EU
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[Ed Muns, W0YK]

> Unless I'm mistaken, I AM being forced to pay for an ATU
> option in order to get a 2nd antenna input and to pay for a
> transverter option to get a rx antenna input.  I'm thrilled
> about the K3, just not thrilled about this part of the option matrix.

Yes, this is true for now.  Can't say what additional options might appear
in the future.  It just wasn't practical to define more option modules
beyond the eight major ones already introduced.  So, some features were
necessarily combined.  Given the overall juggling challenge among all the K3
features, I think Elecraft did an exceptional job.  Remember, too, that the
range of customers and usage scenarios is tremendous.  Launching the
currently introduced K3 with all its options is a monumental task, and
particularly impressive by a relatively small company like Elecraft.  They
make up for number of employs by working very smart and very hard, hi!

73,
Ed - W0YK

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[Brett gazdzinski-2]

 I just went an ordered everything I was likely to want,
the Elecraft prices are low for the performance in my book.

I DID order the base K3 and 6KHz filter in the first batch, then
later on ordered all the other goodies, so I don't know if it
will all come at once or not.
(I like surprises)

I wonder how Elecraft sets things up, do they order stuff for
say 500 fully provisioned radios in the 1st and 2nd batches?

It must be a real challenge putting together something as
complex as the K3 project, plus still selling all the other
products.

The recent tidbits from the beta testers sound wonderful!

Now, on to the test results!


Brett
N2DTS

>
> > Unless I'm mistaken, I AM being forced to pay for an ATU
> > option in order to get a 2nd antenna input and to pay for a
> > transverter option to get a rx antenna input.  I'm thrilled
> > about the K3, just not thrilled about this part of the
> option matrix.
>
> Yes, this is true for now.  Can't say what additional options
> might appear
> in the future.  It just wasn't practical to define more option modules
> beyond the eight major ones already introduced.  So, some
> features were
> necessarily combined.  Given the overall juggling challenge
> among all the K3
> features, I think Elecraft did an exceptional job.  Remember,
> too, that the
> range of customers and usage scenarios is tremendous.  Launching the
> currently introduced K3 with all its options is a monumental task, and
> particularly impressive by a relatively small company like
> Elecraft.  They
> make up for number of employs by working very smart and very hard, hi!
>
> 73,
> Ed - W0YK
>
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