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NE9U - Jasper

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What does this mean? K3's will no longer be able to be repaired? Obsolete???

"Spare K3 board supplies are low or gone."

Besides the most likely Comm Port, then obvious Antenna, I have seen
lightning come in other things connected to the K3, like;
DC power cord, ground, Paddle/Key, Key-Out to Amp etc.
'73
Keith WE6R, Elecraft K3 Tech

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Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ

Re: K3 boards

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Hi Scott,

Keith mis-spoke on this. We certainly are not stopping support and repairs
for the K3 and K3S.

What is happening is that we are pivoting from board swaps to component
level repairs on many K3 and K3S boards. Also, we will still be building
boards for these radios that can be sold for upgrades and repair swap outs
on a case by case, lot basis, based on demand. (There is a sign up list
for upgrade / spare board requests on our web page for the upgrade boards.)

73,
Eric
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On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 12:00 PM NE9U - Scott Jasper <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> What does this mean? K3's will no longer be able to be repaired?
> Obsolete???
>
> "Spare K3 board supplies are low or gone."
>
> Besides the most likely Comm Port, then obvious Antenna, I have seen
> lightning come in other things connected to the K3, like;
> DC power cord, ground, Paddle/Key, Key-Out to Amp etc.
> '73
> Keith WE6R, Elecraft K3 Tech
>
>
> ⁣Scott - NE9U
>
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N4ZR

Re: K3 boards

Lightning aside, when will those of us who have signed up for upgrades
be told whether or not they will be accepted?

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 8/15/2020 4:31 PM, Eric Swartz wrote:

> Hi Scott,
>
> Keith mis-spoke on this. We certainly are not stopping support and repairs
> for the K3 and K3S.
>
> What is happening is that we are pivoting from board swaps to component
> level repairs on many K3 and K3S boards. Also, we will still be building
> boards for these radios that can be sold for upgrades and repair swap outs
> on a case by case, lot basis, based on demand. (There is a sign up list
> for upgrade / spare board requests on our web page for the upgrade boards.)
>
> 73,
> Eric
> *elecraft.com <http://elecraft.com>*
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 12:00 PM NE9U - Scott Jasper <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> What does this mean? K3's will no longer be able to be repaired?
>> Obsolete???
>>
>> "Spare K3 board supplies are low or gone."
>>
>> Besides the most likely Comm Port, then obvious Antenna, I have seen
>> lightning come in other things connected to the K3, like;
>> DC power cord, ground, Paddle/Key, Key-Out to Amp etc.
>> '73
>> Keith WE6R, Elecraft K3 Tech
>>
>>
>> ⁣Scott - NE9U
>>
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NE9U - Jasper

Re: K3 boards

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Ok great....good to know.

I am thinking of replacing my OBSOLETE FT1000D second radio so2r for another k3.

If anyone knows of a well filtered one at a reasonable price, I'm in the market. Have one hot lead locally I'm waiting on.....

⁣Scott - NE9U

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On Aug 15, 2020, 3:32 PM, at 3:32 PM, Eric Swartz <[hidden email]> wrote:

>Hi Scott,
>
>Keith mis-spoke on this. We certainly are not stopping support and
>repairs
>for the K3 and K3S.
>
>What is happening is that we are pivoting from board swaps to component
>level repairs on many K3 and K3S boards. Also, we will still be
>building
>boards for these radios that can be sold for upgrades and repair swap
>outs
>on a case by case, lot basis, based on demand. (There is a sign up list
>for upgrade / spare board requests on our web page for the upgrade
>boards.)
>
>73,
>Eric
>*elecraft.com <http://elecraft.com>*
>
>
>On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 12:00 PM NE9U - Scott Jasper <[hidden email]>
>wrote:
>
>> What does this mean? K3's will no longer be able to be repaired?
>> Obsolete???
>>
>> "Spare K3 board supplies are low or gone."
>>
>> Besides the most likely Comm Port, then obvious Antenna, I have seen
>> lightning come in other things connected to the K3, like;
>> DC power cord, ground, Paddle/Key, Key-Out to Amp etc.
>> '73
>> Keith WE6R, Elecraft K3 Tech
>>
>>
>> ⁣Scott - NE9U
>>
>> Sent from my Cray-1
>>
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