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Thomas Horsten

K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

Sorry if I haven't been following all the K3S stuff, I'm QRT at the moment
due to having moved country and living in a flat, but I would want to buy a
complete K3 to K3S upgrade kit for when I'm ready to get back on the air.

Surely Wayne has that sorted, or on the drawing board?

73, Thomas OZ5TN (also M0TRN, AF7BE)
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Re: K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

That would be a little difficult, because which components you need to add
depends on which components you already have in your existing K3
configuration. I think the best they can do is to summarise on an order
page a list of which components may need to be added/upgraged, with
information to explain under what conditions the new component will not be
needed, and let the individual K3 owners decide which components they need
to order.

73, Matt VK2RQ

On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Thomas Horsten <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Sorry if I haven't been following all the K3S stuff, I'm QRT at the moment
> due to having moved country and living in a flat, but I would want to buy a
> complete K3 to K3S upgrade kit for when I'm ready to get back on the air.
>
> Surely Wayne has that sorted, or on the drawing board?
>
> 73, Thomas OZ5TN (also M0TRN, AF7BE)
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Ross Primrose

Re: K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3S-FAQ%20rev%20C5%20customer.pdf

73, Ross N4RP

On 5/19/2015 3:26 PM, Matt Maguire wrote:

> That would be a little difficult, because which components you need to add
> depends on which components you already have in your existing K3
> configuration. I think the best they can do is to summarise on an order
> page a list of which components may need to be added/upgraged, with
> information to explain under what conditions the new component will not be
> needed, and let the individual K3 owners decide which components they need
> to order.
>
> 73, Matt VK2RQ
>
> On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Thomas Horsten <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Sorry if I haven't been following all the K3S stuff, I'm QRT at the moment
>> due to having moved country and living in a flat, but I would want to buy a
>> complete K3 to K3S upgrade kit for when I'm ready to get back on the air.
>>
>> Surely Wayne has that sorted, or on the drawing board?
>>
>> 73, Thomas OZ5TN (also M0TRN, AF7BE)
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Tony Estep

Re: K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

>
> On 5/19/2015 3:26 PM, Matt Maguire wrote:
>
>> ....which components you need to add
>> depends on which components you already have...
>>
> ============
According to emails I exchanged with Elecraft sales, you can't completely
convert a K3 into a K3S, although of course you can add all the modules
mentioned in the FAQ. There are some new built-in features that are not in
modules, as shown on the last page of the FAQ.

Tony KT0NY
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JayR

Re: K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

In reply to this post by Ross Primrose

Before I would consider doing any upgrades I would look carefully at the
ones that
Are currently available and those that "will be available later this year"
I still love my K3 and the upgrades would only be icing on the cake but may
Have a few more $calories$ than I can afford.

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Primrose
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3S-FAQ%20rev%20C5%20customer.pdf

73, Ross N4RP

On 5/19/2015 3:26 PM, Matt Maguire wrote:

> That would be a little difficult, because which components you need to
> add depends on which components you already have in your existing K3
> configuration. I think the best they can do is to summarise on an
> order page a list of which components may need to be added/upgraged,
> with information to explain under what conditions the new component
> will not be needed, and let the individual K3 owners decide which
> components they need to order.
>
> 73, Matt VK2RQ
>
> On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Thomas Horsten <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Sorry if I haven't been following all the K3S stuff, I'm QRT at the
>> moment due to having moved country and living in a flat, but I would
>> want to buy a complete K3 to K3S upgrade kit for when I'm ready to get

back on the air.

>>
>> Surely Wayne has that sorted, or on the drawing board?
>>
>> 73, Thomas OZ5TN (also M0TRN, AF7BE)
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Tony Estep

Re: K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:12 PM, K2TTT-Jay <[hidden email]> wrote:

> ...I still love my K3 and the upgrades would only be icing on the cake...

=============
To my surprise, I can still hear just as many signals on my K3 as I could
before the K3S was announced.

Tony KT0NY
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Thomas Horsten

Re: K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

Indeed, and I also love my K3 for all the fun it's brought me so far. But I
guess I've got to admit I've become a bit of an Elecraft "fanboy" and just
have to own the best they can offer :)

73, Thomas OZ5TN
On 19 May 2015 22:27, "Tony Estep" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:12 PM, K2TTT-Jay <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > ...I still love my K3 and the upgrades would only be icing on the cake...
>
> =============
> To my surprise, I can still hear just as many signals on my K3 as I could
> before the K3S was announced.
>
> Tony KT0NY
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k6dgw

Re: K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

In reply to this post by Tony Estep

And I just checked and mine still makes 100W of exceedingly clean RF,
leading me to conclude that rumors of its rapid demise are somewhat
exaggerated.

On 5/19/2015 1:25 PM, Tony Estep wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:12 PM, K2TTT-Jay <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> ...I still love my K3 and the upgrades would only be icing on the cake...
>
> =============
> To my surprise, I can still hear just as many signals on my K3 as I could
> before the K3S was announced.
>
> Tony KT0NY

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Merv Schweigert

Re: K3 to K3S upgrade kit?

In reply to this post by JayR

Good idea to wait a little, I roughly figured the current updates
prices and a guestimate of the future module prices, and you may well
be better off buying a new radio 10watt, and swapping some internals,

73 Merv K9FD/KH6

> Before I would consider doing any upgrades I would look carefully at the
> ones that
> Are currently available and those that "will be available later this year"
> I still love my K3 and the upgrades would only be icing on the cake but may
> Have a few more $calories$ than I can afford.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ross
> Primrose
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:46 PM
> To: Matt Maguire; Thomas Horsten
> Cc: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 to K3S upgrade kit?
>
> http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3S-FAQ%20rev%20C5%20customer.pdf
>
> 73, Ross N4RP
>
> On 5/19/2015 3:26 PM, Matt Maguire wrote:
>> That would be a little difficult, because which components you need to
>> add depends on which components you already have in your existing K3
>> configuration. I think the best they can do is to summarise on an
>> order page a list of which components may need to be added/upgraged,
>> with information to explain under what conditions the new component
>> will not be needed, and let the individual K3 owners decide which
>> components they need to order.
>>
>> 73, Matt VK2RQ
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Thomas Horsten <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry if I haven't been following all the K3S stuff, I'm QRT at the
>>> moment due to having moved country and living in a flat, but I would
>>> want to buy a complete K3 to K3S upgrade kit for when I'm ready to get
> back on the air.
>>> Surely Wayne has that sorted, or on the drawing board?
>>>
>>> 73, Thomas OZ5TN (also M0TRN, AF7BE)
>>> ______________________________________________________________
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