[Elecraft] Older Serial# K3

[Phil LaMarche]

I just sent my K3 back to have the 144 module installed and asked that all
hardware mod's be made to bring it up to the current serial number.  I'll
have it back Tuesday.  That's what make Elecraft so great.  S/W mod's take
care of them self from you station.  While the K3 was gone, I used a friends
775DSP.  Nice radio but hated it.  Spinning the dial and not knowing what's
on the band.  With my LP_PAN, it's so simple and easy to operate.  I've
owned this radio for 3 years and that's the longest I've ever owned a radio
and I've had them all.  It's not going away.

Phil 


Philip LaMarche
 
LaMarche Enterprises, Inc
 
727-944-3226
727-937-8834 Fax
727-510-5038 Cell 
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 6:22 PM
To: Grant Youngman
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Older Serial# K3

Grant,

I don't think the point is to kill the used market.  If I were to see a used
K3 priced a bit below the price I am willing to pay for *my* K3 and the
options I want - I certainly would be tempted, but if there were options
that I did not want included with the used K3, I still would not be willing
to pay more than a new K3 that is configured with my particular option set.

On top of that, I would build my own, it is not much work, so I would only
be willing to consider the kit price.

In other words, the present owner would have to sell it below the kit price
of my preferred K3 configuration, and I would further discount my offering
price if it were not upgraded to the latest level.  It is a value vs. price
consideration.  An older upgraded K3 is just as good as a brand new one -
there are no "hidden mods", but the mods may have been added using leaded
components (as instructed) while the changes on the
K3 line have been implemented with SMD - the functionality is the same and
you can't tell the difference from the outside of the box.

73,
Don W3FPR

Grant Youngman wrote:
> So .. I guess the point of this thread is to kill the used market for the
K3.  That's seems a bit like pointing a gun at once's own head.
>
> Obviously if some guy has attempted to do  hardware mods with a Black
Beauty soldering iron or a blow torch and a pair of vice grips you have a
problem.  Or if he had to use a rubber hammer to seat the front panel board,
because it "just wouldn't fit right"?That's true of any radio, from a 75A-1
to a K3.  But for all purposes, a low serial K3 with the appropriate mods
and updates done is the same radio as a new one.
>
> It seems as though perhaps I should dump my own 2K serial K3 and just buy
a new one?  Since the new ones are better?  Huh?
>
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
>
> On Apr 3, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Jeff Herr wrote:
>
>   
>> Older isn't better!
>>
>>
>>     
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