[Elecraft] The last of the through-hole kits

[Wayne Burdick]

The K2 is alive and well.

All of the parts we used 10 years ago are still in production or we  
have substitutes for them. For example, one IC we use on a K2 option  
module recently became unobtainium, so we switched to new part and  
changed the board layout. It's a surface-mount part, and we'll just  
install it ahead of time, as we do for a couple of parts on the KX1,  
T1, etc.

You still get to solder the other several hundred parts :)

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Jun 3, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Eric Champine wrote:

> Good!
> I love building radios and I have just started my marriage to the  
> K2. Last
> year I built the full blown K1 and I loved it so much, the K2 was the
> logical next step. Now I have a grand idea of how I want to build  
> and setup
> my K2 and then people started to talk about how the end of the K2  
> could be
> close. I really hope not! I think the K2 Kit and add-ons fills a big  
> void
> out there. There is still in my honest opinion a big need for these  
> style of
> kits. All I know is I am now going to step up and purchase  
> everything I want
> and need more sooner than later. Long live the K2!  :-)