[Elecraft] [QRP-L] The Chinese KX3

[James Rodenkirch]

I guess my initial comment - If they can produce a similar product at a reduced cost, including the absurdity of the current add on costs that Elecraft charges, good for them!
 - was lost somehow!
 
Annnnnnnnnnnd, until the product is out there, being used, with some data to analyze, all of the handwringing and teeth gnashing over "reliability" and all of that is just that....protestations and the like!

 



From: thomas at horsten.com
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:50:15 +0100
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [QRP-L] The Chinese KX3
To: rodenkirch_llc at msn.com
CC: john at ae5x.com; elecraft at mailman.qth.net; qrp-l at mailman.qth.net

The only way they will come anywhere close to the KX3 performance is by pirating large portions of the KX3 hardware design and firmware. If that's the case I hope they don't succeed.


Besides, if they try to add all the same kinds of features that the KX3 has it will probably be full of bugs and I am sure you won't get the same kind of support that you do from Elecraft, where the developers actually listen to the users. At best, it will be a pale imitation of the real thing and at worst it will be an epic nightmare of bugs and trying to deal with sporadic support announcements in Chinese with Google Translate as your only friend when trying to figure out what's going on.


But to be honest, looks like a spoof to me. A well made spoof, but still a spoof.


73, Thomas M0TRN


On 13 April 2012 15:32, James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_llc at msn.com> wrote:


If they can produce a similar product at a reduced cost, including the absurdity of the current add on costs that Elecraft charges, good for them!

Hope they are successful - "successful" meaning their version offers like functions and specifications, at a reduced cost!

72, Jim R. K9JWV





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> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:12:02 -0500
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