[Elecraft] Think About This

[R. Kevin Stover]

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Exactly David.

Name another modern Ham Radio transceiver that will switch 120V AC
relays in an amp WITHOUT using a low DC relay.

Maybe it's just the way email comes across but the tone around here has
been getting a little "demanding" for lack of a better term.

I see "suggestions" like "my XXXX does it this way, why did Elecraft do
it that way, please change it back to this way." Simple solution, if
your XXXX does it the way you think it should be done by all means use
your XXXX.

Aye, but there's the rub, your XXXX is deaf as a post compared to the K3.

I had to chuckle during the "AM wars". Doesn't anybody else think it's
just slightly ridiculous trying to make an 8 pound, solid state, SDR
transceiver sound like a 250lb Globe King 500C while on AM?
Sit back and ponder that.

There also seems to be a large number of firmware programming
specialists on this reflector. As I'm typing this there are about 30 or
so messages in my K3 folder. I guarantee one of them will contain the
words "should be an easy thing to do in firmware".

NO! If it was an easy thing to do everybody would be doing it. BTW, why
haven't some of these "experts" started their own radio companies?

Seems to me they're like most Ham Radio clubs. Someone will stand up
with a great idea, everybody is in favor of it, best thing since sliced
bread, "this will change ham radio forever" type stuff.
When it comes time to actually do real work on the project the noise
from the crickets chirping is deafening. Nary a soul to be found.

Elecraft should concentrate on making the K3 the best they can and how
they envisioned it. It's quickly turning into a horse designed by
committee.




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R. Kevin Stover, ACØH
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