[Elecraft] Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business ?

[NR5A]

Why?? I can't see anything wrong with the way it is QRP. I prefer it over
the rice boxes, for one thing I don't need 10,000 bells and whistles, I
don't even use many of the K2's extra features. I like it cause even stuipid
me and fix it, or get tons of help on this group. Why mess it up?? Guess I
just don't get what your getting at. I probably should not have even posted
this.

Jerry - NR5A - South DAkota
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marinos Markomanolakis, M.D." <sv9dru at hotmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:51 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business
?


> Dear fellow Elecrafters,
> This is going to be an out of the ordinary post, and I am sure will get
> quite a bit of criticism, but since there has been a recent discussion
about
> looking for ways to satisfy as many potential customers as possible (with
> the QRO kits etc), I would like to hear some opinions about this:
>
> What are the reasons for the popularity of the K2 radio not being equal to
> the Japanese made rigs worldwide ? Yes, the rig is very popular but its
> production/sale numbers are just about 5000, a rather small number
compared
> to any of the commercially available units.
>
> In my view, which may be wrong of course, the answer is that the K2 is not
> considered by the majority of the hams worldwide as the radio that can
> substitute all others in HF in their shack. It is rather seen as a
> specialized 2nd or 3rd "luxury" radio.
>
> And here comes the question:
> Would it be possible and financially profitable for Elecraft to introduce
a
> full feature transceiver kit that can maintain the well known RX
advantages
> of the K2 while adding other features that have come to be considered as
> "standard" in modern radios ?
>
> * General HF coverage
> * IF manual Notch
> * Continuously variable PBT / Rx Bandwidth
> * Maybe 200W RF output
> * Band (manual) preselector
>
> Of course many people will argue about the usefulness of these features,
but
> having a radio with the above would make it an extremely attractive choice
> as the only radio for many more hams worldwide, and since the vast
majority
> of us like to build equipment, certainly would prefer it over ready made
> "black-boxes".....
>
> Just some philosophical thoughts, and topics of debate.
> 73 to all,
> Marinos, ki4gin
>
>
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