[Elecraft] ARRL Reports Ducie Operator's K3 Comments

[Bill W5WVO]

I would be very surprised if outsourcing manufacturing has NOT been thought 
about and discussed behind closed doors. How could you not at least think 
about that with production being as backlogged as it is? I wouldn't expect to 
see this any time soon, because it would take many, many months to set this up 
with standards high enough for Elecraft, but if this radio comes to dominate 
both the high-end performance and mid-range price-point markets, it seems like 
a no-brainer to me. Is this heresy? Maybe... :-) But seems to me it's reality 
business-wise.

Bill W5WVO


Dave Andrus wrote:
> Time to go "big time" with an offshore production line!?  Maybe Yaesu/
> Motorola will subcontract it for them!
>
> I'm kidding...just kidding...;-)
>
> 73,
>
> Dave K7DAA
> http://www.k7daa.com
>
> On Feb 29, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>
>> The quickly-becoming-famous quote by the Ducie Dxpedition team was
>> picked up
>> in the ARRL e-mail letter today:
>>
>> * Elecraft K3 radio. They said "The outstanding receiver and
>> transmitter
>> characteristics allowed us to run two positions simultaneously on
>> any band
>> -- even the very narrow 30 meter band -- with absolutely no
>> interference.
>> Good design makes the complex appear simple: the ins and outs of this
>> sophisticated radio were quickly mastered by the operator team, none
>> of whom
>> had seen a K3 before the expedition."
>>
>> Time for Eric/Wayne to take a deep breath and smile again!
>>
>> Ron AC7AC
>>
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