[Elecraft] Concern

[David Yarnes]

Darrell And All,

No flame intended here, but just what do you expect to be done for the K2? 
Remember, the K2 is not expandable like the K3.  It did have some spare room 
in the firmware initially, but I think much, if not most, of it has been 
used up.  Furthermore, the K2 had many, many years of being pretty much 
center stage, so I think you can reasonably say the K2 is "mature", or at 
least nearly so within it's range of possibilities.  Sure, it can still be 
improved in bits and pieces here and there, but not as dramatically as can 
the K3.  I think many of the significant improvements that could be made to 
the K2 would require considerable reworking of the design, or at least the 
physical properties in the K2.  I may be dead wrong about this, but that is 
certainly what I was led to believe by the folks at Elecraft themselves when 
they first announced the K3.  In other words, Elecraft was breaking out from 
the limitations inherent in their own K2 design by initiating the K3.  If 
you have a thirst for some substantial increase in performance in your K2, I 
think what you really need to a K3!

Dave W7AQK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darrell Bellerive" <va7to at yahoo.ca>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Concern



> Exactly one year ago today Wayne Burdick, N6KR, wrote:
> "The K2 is an ongoing product that we'll be updating as time permits. As
> you may know, we're not a large company, so our engineering resources
> will be stretched at times."
>
> I think that after a full year of K3 development, Wayne and the rest of 
> the
> Elecraft R&D team should take a break from the K3 and go back to K2
> development. And I'm sure those waiting on the KPA800 and KPA1500 would 
> like
> to see some progress there too.
>
> That should get the K3 whiners going. :=) <flame suit on>
>
> 73,
> Darrell   VA7TO   K2 #5093
>
>
> -- 
> Darrell Bellerive
> Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
> Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
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