[Elecraft] K2's Future

[Fred Jensen]

On 5/31/2011 3:20 PM, Gary Reich wrote:
> As the owner of 2 K2s which I built I am curious about the future of the K2
> now that the KX3 is being developed. Since the K2 is a mature radio the only
> viable upgrades would be in the firmware.

OK, I'm a little confused, but then that's pretty much a permanent state 
for me at this age.  I have K2 #4398.  I have the KAT2, the SSB adapter 
[never used], and the AF2 [used a lot once I figured out how to use it]. 
  Oh yes, there's a real-time clock in there too, don't know where and 
never used.  I bought a KAT100 and KPA100 from another ham a number of 
years ago, don't use them any more.  If anyone wants them, let me know.

My K2 is still exactly the radio I bought and built.  It still does 
exactly what I bought it for.  I'm not looking for upgrades, I have a 
serious aversion to upgrades after a career in engineering, HW and SW. 
I can't really think of anything that would make my K2 better than it 
already is.  It is my field radio, I use it for summit activations, and 
field contests where I don't have to weigh my radio.  For that I use the 
KX1, which also doesn't need upgrading.

I wish I had kept my S3-Line, a "mature radio."  I also wish I had kept 
my 2B, another "mature radio."  Change happens, things do get better 
[but not always], but how can a radio become obsolete if it still does 
what it always did and all of that is still rampant on the ham bands?

73,

Fred K6DGW
"Mature Ham"