Something *really* new at Dayton from Elecraft

[JonKG6VDW]

Hi Wayne,

All I can say is WOW !!!!!  This is what happens when people who love what they do do what they love !!!!  More Companies need to figure this out again.  You and your company are building the radios that we all wish we could build ourselves.  I personally will continue building my own versions of what you guys are doing just for the educational value.  By experimenting with my own projects and using yours as a benchmark it really allows me to appreciate what really goes into a really great product.  It also makes me realize that no one person has all the skills necessary to make what is really a functional work of art such as what you and your Company produce.   So even though I build some of my own stuff,  I will continue working extra hours so that I can purchase your incredible products !!!!!  Congratulations to You, Eric, Lyle and all the rest of your hard working staff members. It really takes a great team to do what you guys have managed to accomplish.   I sense another incredibly successful product launch coming our way yet once again.  And I am proud to be here witnessing history unfold.  

[k6dgw]

I bought my K3 [#642] because I liked its performance and feature set
and I like Elecraft, I already had a K2/100 and KX1.  None of the K3
features and performance goes away when a KX3 or K4 hits the market.
Everything gets improved [although a lot of things billed as
"improvements" aren't always so ... Windoze Me/Vista? :-)].  My KPA500
is on order, I want QSK at 500W.  I've been running my old KW at 500W
just to see if it matters.  It likely does to some, but not me.  A
KPA1500, if there ever is one, isn't going to change that.

My phone is a year old and is so hopelessly obsolete my grandsons don't
even try and suppress their laughter when Grandpa gets it out.  It makes
and receives telephone calls however, which is what I got it for.
Frankly, I don't care what "pile" my K3 ends up in, it does what I want
and will continue to do so.

Has a "K4" really been announced or is everyone just making this up?

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org

On 5/21/2011 9:59 AM, Merv Schweigert wrote:

> I am not anxious to see my K3 go to the "second best" pile I guess,
> if the K4 comes along and is better than my K3 that means I must buy
> another radio or settle for second best.
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[AD4C2009]

Hi Wayne,Eric and other Elecraft members:
It was a great pleasure to meet you in person yesterday and today again at your table.
As usual, anytime I go to see your presentations I feel prouder to be an Elecraft K3 user,you guys has worked hard to please all of us the users and to make high performance radios to compete with the asian market.That new project,the KX3 or mini K3 at 10W level I am sure will be a big seller.It look cute and I am sure it will perform better than all other QRP's on the market,I wish you good sucess on the marketing of that new product,73
 
AD4C
Your loyal customer.

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Something *really* new at Dayton from Elecraft
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Hi Wayne,

All I can say is WOW !!!!!  This is what happens when people who love what
they do do what they love !!!!  More Companies need to figure this out
again.  You and your company are building the radios that we all wish we
could build ourselves.  I personally will continue building my own versions
of what you guys are doing just for the educational value.  By experimenting
with my own projects and using yours as a benchmark it really allows me to
appreciate what really goes into a really great product.  It also makes me
realize that no one person has all the skills necessary to make what is
really a functional work of art such as what you and your Company produce. 
So even though I build some of my own stuff,  I will continue working extra
hours so that I can purchase your incredible products !!!!!  Congratulations
to You, Eric, Lyle and all the rest of your hard working staff members. It
really takes a great team to do what you guys have managed to accomplish. 
I sense another incredibly successful product launch coming our way yet once
again.  And I am proud to be here witnessing history unfold. 

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[pd0psb]

I'm speechless.

This just IS the ultimate ham rig.

I want one :-)

73
Paul
PD0PSB

[Oliver Dröse]

It isn't! At least 2 m is missing. :-((

But anyway a nice rig and competitor to the IC-703 (not to the FT-817 as
VHF/UHF is missing, see above, that makes it very attractive in Europe with
lots of VHF activity).

73, Olli - DH8BQA



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> I'm speechless.
>
> This just IS the ultimate ham rig.
>
> I want one :-)
>
> 73
> Paul
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[Julian, G4ILO]

Oliver Dröse wrote

It isn't! At least 2 m is missing. :-((

Yes, I have to agree. Is it too late for provision to be made in the design for a 5W (at least) internal 2m transverter module? I think there are a lot of people for whom this would make a big difference to the eventual purchase decision.

[Buck - k4ia]

Wayne mentioned the possibility of a low power 2 meter module in the KX3.

Stay tuned - there is lots more to come.

Buck
k4ia


On 5/22/2011 6:54 AM, Julian, G4ILO wrote:

> Oliver Dröse wrote:
>> It isn't! At least 2 m is missing. :-((
>>
>>
>>
> Yes, I have to agree. Is it too late for provision to be made in the design
> for a 5W (at least) internal 2m transverter module? I think there are a lot
> of people for whom this would make a big difference to the eventual purchase
> decision.
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[M0XDF]

Or, in the case of G - Foundation license allows 10w, Intermediate 50w, Full 400w.

And Foundation license holders may build a recognised kit - so the KX3 will be just ideal for these guys to get started on HF and then add the PA when they get Intermediate and run it at 50w. When they get Full licence, they can crank it up to 100w and get even more enjoyment.

They may never go above 100w. Over here, we are so 'cramped' that many of us just couldn't run 400w without our neighbours complaining. I run 100w and may not be breaking pileups, but with 100w on SSB, I worked VK on 20m @ 22:35z on 5-May! - now that really felt like something at that time with these conditions.

I have a friend runs 5w QRP CW and works more slots than anyone else I know and a lot more than a good many people I don't.

73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108, KX3 #???
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On 20 May 2011, at 17:03, Merv Schweigert wrote:

> Not enough power and way too many bucks.
>
> On another subject,  why do you guys all buy QRP, limited
> function radios and then wish to add a 100 watt amp?
>
> And another subject,  no one has commented on the thread that
> was going on about improving the DSP NR etc for the K3,  and
> the fact that the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer
> better chip??   Leaves the K3 owners kinda out to dry dont it?
> Kinda the stuff that we always criticize YeaComWood for doing
> when a new model came out and the old one could not be
> updated?   Or is a K4 around?
>
>
> Just asking,  Merv  K9FD/KH6

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