KAT100 discontinued, will the K2 kit last much longer?

[carboyhat]

After I retire in three years, I was planning on ordering and building
the K2 and the KAT100.  

I noticed the KAT100 has been discontinued.  Hopefully the K2 will still
be around for a while.  

Bob Richards, AA4AI

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You might want to have your wife purchase the K2 kit now and hide it
from you as a retirement present in 3 years.  The K2 will likely remain
available for as long as the parts supply chain is intact.  No way of
knowing when that may end but the K2 is around 20 years old.

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 5/28/2020 2:24 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
> After I retire in three years, I was planning on ordering and building
> the K2 and the KAT100.
>
> I noticed the KAT100 has been discontinued.  Hopefully the K2 will still
> be around for a while.
>
> Bob Richards, AA4AI
>

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So much can happen in 3 years especially when talking about retirement ages and I’d be inclined to buy the K2 now and build it now if that is a viable option and it really is high on the bucket list.

Paul
W6PNG/M0SNA
www.nomadic.blog

> On May 28, 2020, at 3:23 PM, Fred Jensen <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> You might want to have your wife purchase the K2 kit now and hide it from you as a retirement present in 3 years.  The K2 will likely remain available for as long as the parts supply chain is intact.  No way of knowing when that may end but the K2 is around 20 years old.
>
> 73,
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
>
>> On 5/28/2020 2:24 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>> After I retire in three years, I was planning on ordering and building
>> the K2 and the KAT100.
>>
>> I noticed the KAT100 has been discontinued.  Hopefully the K2 will still
>> be around for a while.
>>
>> Bob Richards, AA4AI
>>
>
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