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Leroy Buller

K4 Beta Testers

Are there any K4 Beta Testers out there yet? If so, can we get reports or
is that verboten?

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NK7Z

Re: K4 Beta Testers

They have all more than likely been signed to NDAs... If not Elecraft
is crazy...

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On 6/5/19 11:54 AM, Leroy Buller wrote:

> Are there any K4 Beta Testers out there yet? If so, can we get reports or
> is that verboten?
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Grant Youngman-2

Re: K4 Beta Testers

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Surely you know better than expecting a beta tester to speak up at this point, when the software and features aren’t yet complete.

If there are current beta testers, and If I had been sufficiently “prominent” to have been anointed one, i’d have to keep my mouth shut, too.

I think the best option at this point is to just take a really deep breath. I’m waiting for the kit version next year — not because I want to save a few bucks, but because I want the pleasure of knowing where every screw and piece-part goes and won’t be afraid to remove the top cover.

In the meantime, I’m selling mucho stuff piled in my house that I no longer use/need so when the kit hits the market I can order a K4HD spouse-guilt free … doing pretty well at that, too :-)

Grant NQ5T
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> On Jun 5, 2019, at 2:54 PM, Leroy Buller <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Are there any K4 Beta Testers out there yet? If so, can we get reports or
> is that verboten?
>
> Lee K0WA
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Vic Rosenthal

Re: K4 Beta Testers

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Vic Rosenthal

Re: K4 Beta Testers

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I was a K3 field tester. There were no NDAs, except Wayne and Eric asked
us to keep our mouths shut until told otherwise. As far as I know, we
all did. At some point we were encouraged to talk about our experiences.
No, I am not a K4 field tester!

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
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Formerly K2VCO
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On 05/06/2019 22:13, Dave Cole (NK7Z) wrote:

> They have all more than likely been signed to NDAs... If not Elecraft
> is crazy...
>
> 73s and thanks,
> Dave (NK7Z)
> https://www.nk7z.net
> ARRL Technical Specialist
> ARRL Volunteer Examiner
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> On 6/5/19 11:54 AM, Leroy Buller wrote:
>> Are there any K4 Beta Testers out there yet? If so, can we get
>> reports or
>> is that verboten?
>>
>> Lee K0WA

Barry Simpson

Re: K4 Beta Testers

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Please can I volunteer to be a beta tester 😊😊😊😊😊

73

Barry VK2BJ

On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 04:54, Leroy Buller <[hidden email]> wrote:

Don Wilhelm

Re: K4 Beta Testers

Reports from Beta Testers are no likely to be meaningful to the general
community of potential K4 users - because the K4 will be changed as a
result of Beta Test.

That is akin to someone who buys a new K2 and searches for mods and
changes that may date back to 1999. Those mods are no longer applicable
because the K2 has been updated to incorporate all those prior changes.
I have answered several questions about those old changes to the K2, and
in all cases, the answer is the same - it is incorporated in your new K2.

So when the K4 is released, it will contain all the changes agreed to
during Field (Beta) testing, and the comments during Field Test will no
longer be relevant.

It is that same way for the Beta Test period of any product.

73,
Don W3FPR

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> On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 04:54, Leroy Buller <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> Are there any K4 Beta Testers out there yet? If so, can we get reports or
>> is that verboten?
>>
>> Lee K0WA
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Bill Frantz

Re: K4 Beta Testers

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I'm with Grant here. I'm looking forward to the kit.

When I got my K3, I got the minimal kit, buy my XYL wanted the
2M module, so I also got the 13KHz filter. When she saw me
working CQP with it at 10 watts into a Little Tarheel antenna on
80M, she took sympathy and said I should get the 100W module.
Now the radio is a top of the line K3 with the upgrades.

I'll probably go the same route with the K4. She and I are
moving into a retirement community in Peterborough NH which is
just down the hill from the old family house on 6 acres. One
option will be to put a K4 there and operate remotely from the
community, avoiding all the noisy switched mode power supplies.

In any case, the timing of the kit may be close to what I need,
since this autumn will be filled with moving, and I don't expect
to be able to engage in serious station building while my new
life settles down.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 6/5/19 at 12:21 PM, [hidden email] (Grant Youngman) wrote:

>I think the best option at this point is to just take a really
>deep breath. I’m waiting for the kit version next year —
>not because I want to save a few bucks, but because I want the
>pleasure of knowing where every screw and piece-part goes and
>won’t be afraid to remove the top cover.
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