[Elecraft] Any Consideration of a Receive Only K3?

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

>> A version minus the 12 Watt exciter would be very easy to implement,
>> would it not?  The SWL BCBDXer community is interested.  The DSP
>> synchronous detector will be a major attraction for shortwave listeners.

You have looked at the schematic and seen how much stuff is switched
back and forth for TX/RX?

"Easy to implement" until one counted in the cost of a SEPARATE
manufacturing run of mainboards, a SEPARATE manual, SEPARATE assembly
instructions for kit form, a SEPARATE firmware that understood that
there were no transmit functions, a SEPARATE silk-screening for the
case, SEPARATE code for firmware, SEPARATE maintenance, a SEPARATE
approach for the audio as the listeners are going to want high end
audio, and I doubt that is close to a complete list.

...and all that for a niche that most manufacturers have abandoned?
Why did they abandon it? Maybe because demand did not pay for
manufacturing?

You are kidding, no?

Let them buy a K3/10 and have the incentive for getting a license
sitting in front of them.

Let Wayne work on firmware and P3's and new ham stuff.

73, Guy.