[Elecraft] Older Serial# K3

Sat Apr 3 20:44:44 EDT 2010

And if you had a naked K3 without an LP-Pan how would they compare?

--- On Sat, 4/3/10, Phil LaMarche <plamarc1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Phil LaMarche <plamarc1 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Older Serial# K3
> To: don at w3fpr.com, "'Grant Youngman'" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
> Cc: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Saturday, April 3, 2010, 6:39 PM
> 
> 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 
> 
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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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