[Elecraft] Is the K2 old technology?

[KG3VTomZ at gmail.com]

Paul,

I see you got some good answers but just wanted to add some of my  
experience. If you are interested in building a kit you can not beat the  
K2. K3 is a great radio but is not really a kit. The K2 you build starting  
from a box of parts. One of the greatest things about the K2 kit is that  
there are almost no wires, so you are not building wiring harnesses (which  
I do not consider to be fun). You are building boards and building up the  
chassis. If there was a K3 kit that started with a bag of parts, there  
would be no decision to make, but that is not the case.

If you mainly want a CW rig, I don't see how you could need anything more.  
BUT if you want mainly a SSB rig, I would suggest you consider the K3  
instead. K2 works fine on SSB, but some of the creature comforts could be  
better.

As far as the reflector, some of us urged Elecraft to separate the K2 and  
K3 lists in some way, but they have opted not to do so. As a result, this  
is not the resource it used to be for a K2 owner. You can still get ALL  
your questions answered here, so don't get me wrong, but you will drown in  
K3 trivia if you just monitor the list, and there is no easy way to receive  
only K2-related threads that I know of.

Go for the K2 and enjoy it.

Tom KG3V

On Dec 10, 2009 7:20pm, Paul Huff <phuff at mi.rr.com> wrote:
> I think that I have finally saved up enough money to purchase my  
> long-desired

> K2. But there are two thoughts that cause me to hesitate:



> First, is the K2 "long in the tooth"? Am I spending a significant amount  
> of

> money on technology that is on it's way to being obsolete?



> Second, I will only be able to purchase a basic K2 and plan on adding the

> extras to it over the next couple of years. Will Elecraft still be  
> offering

> those products for that length of time?



> I guess that I will ask that 2nd question directly to Elecraft, but any  
> opinions

> on the first question would be appreciated.



> Thanks in advance and 73,

> Paul - N8XMS



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