[Elecraft] Ideas - new Elecraft Products

[Fred (FL)]

K2/K1 Owner-builders

I posted a "Elecraft New Product Ideas" email last
week - which received mixed responses - "good",
"old stuff", "too difficult for Elecraft",
"done that ....", "won't work", etc.

I think Elecraft is a great ham company.  And as
every builder knows - their support to us the ham
community - is superb!  And their quality of products
and kits is excellent and higher.

I'd suggest, we K1/K2 builders - continue to send in
"product ideas" to Elecraft, via this email list - 
and let Elecraft Management know, what product ideas
we'd like to see and what product ideas might help us
in our amateur endeavors.  We might be surprised, and
see some of them come to reality.  If they have to
hire another designer & tech or two, so be it.

If you like the product(s) which Elecraft now markets
and sells - I myself, would like to continue to buy my
next products from them too.  Frankly I've never been
fully satisfied with MFJ items - for some reason many
of them look aluminish and of poorer quality.

BUY ELECRAFT, TELL ELECRAFT WHAT YOU'D LIKE and WHAT
YOU THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL, FOR OUR HOBBY!

My Kits - short list 5/23/2006:
- outboard RF OUTPUT METER Indicator (in-line)
- inboard RF OUTPUT INDICATOR (panel, neon/eye)
- outboard POWER METER (ala Birdy), w/SWR option
- poor man's 6146 200w PEP outboard TUBE AMPLIFIER
    (relive your youth) (FCC ham-project form)
- matching Elecraft 6146 AMP POWER SUPPLY
- 200w match-anything TUNER (coils, meters, R/L/C's)
- a HF K3 TRANSCEIVER, with general coverage, 2  
    meter, 440, and bigger footprint & displays
- an Elecraft K2/K3 MOBILE MIKE, w/up-down, functions
- an Elecraft quality, HEADPHONE set, K1/K2/K3
- a couple HF porta-ANTENNAs, back pack carryable
- a "hide-able" HF ANTENNA (gutter?, bush?)
- Elecraft Mobile VERTICAL ANTENNA (hf, tuneable)
- Elecraft SCOPE for alignment jobs
- Elecraft SIGNAL GENERATOR, for alignment jobs

Thanks, 73's
Fred N3CSY
FL/upstate NY
5/23/2006

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