[Elecraft] missed market

[Randy Lake]

All this for 11m coverage ?
Really ?
Merry Christmas.

Randy Lake N1KWF


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Fred Smith <mfsj at mo-net.com> wrote:

> I personally hope personally that "NO ONE" from Elecraft would ever add
> "11m
> Bands" features to any radio they sell!!! For thing by law they can not do
> so, why would even consider asking such a question?
>
> Go buy a $29 CB HT and be done with it...and BTW I will leave a call sign
> unlike "YOU"!
>
> Fred/N0AZZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of rwm rwmr
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 5:18 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] missed market
>
> You guys missed a Big Part of the Market..
> You have a Great radio in the Portable K3X..
>
> With Recent Hurricane Sandy..
> Correct me if i am Wrong..
>
> Ham Radios are supposed to offer one ability to carry on Emergency
> contacts..
> Both for owner of radio ( for themselves and their family) As well as
> working with various local/regional emergency services..
>
> So that within a Crisis happening..
> Communications can be kept going where all other forms fail (like how home
> and cell phones and power outages...that went on for at least a week and up
> to still lack of power and phone service in some spots of NY and NJ as
> direct result of Hurricane Sandy )
>
> Yet even though your K3X offers no more then 10 watts output
>  (with external battery pack...5 watts in using internal batteries)
>
> Yet even though i asked..
> You refused to do a firmware upgrade so not only is the K3X be usable on HF
> ham bands..But also on 11 meter/cb frequencies ..
>
> I could understand if it was a 100 watt or such radio.
> Fact is though it is clearly Not..
>
> The K3X is a Perfect radio for emergency use..
> Yet you CLEARLY leave out and refuse to allow one to use it on some of the
> most used local frequency's that would enable one to remain in contact with
> local people ( for themselves as well as surrounding community)
>
> This is Indeed a Very Big Over Sight.
> This is Also a Very Poor attitude..
>
> It seems you people are so Hard Core with offering High Quality Radios with
> Excellent Abilities..
> Then when you Design a merging of SDR radio with a regular radio and Not
> requiring a PC hook up..
> Offering a Huge advantage that other companies can only Hope to so offer (
> but can not ) However in one of the Most Important aspects..You Also Drop
> the Ball..
>
> Will you Re consider ?
> Or do i need to start a Petition on a National scale (even bringing it to
> the white house if need be) In order to get this done with a simple 5 watt
> portable radio ?
>
> By the way
>
> Yes i am a ham radio operator.
>
> Owning a 706 MKIIG..IC-7000 .. AR-3500 .. RCI 2970 .. IC-R3 .. DR235 ..
> ID800 .. ID-1 .. T90a .. ID-91AD .. THF-6a various tuners..various power
> supplies ..
>
> until recently with hurricane Sandy..
> create RC5 antenna rotor .. 2 meter,70 cm and 1.25 meter beams .. tribander
> 2 meter/70 cm/23cm vertical and 5/8 wave ground plane 11 meter antenna..
>
> Thankfully i had many batteries for my HT's and plenty of antennas for
> them..
> For as it turned out it was my ONLY means of communication to the outside
> world for 9 or 10 days (pay phones..home phones..cell phones were all
> useless..power was out .. all for over a week)
>
> I clearly would have befitted with battery operated able HF
>  ( yes 11 meters as well )
> Even though via UHF i got out as far as 70 miles with just my HT and HT
> antennas ( i had to go to to top of walkway on the bayonne bridge to get
> out
> beyond 10 miles during the first week to 2 weeks ) I can easily get a Buddy
> Pole portable HF antenna to use with the K3X.
>
> So as i Now am still repairing my roof
>  ( it still leaks like a lot any time it rains now ) I am Now also looking
> to re create my antenna farm ( i likely can salvage my 70 cm beam..all the
> others are trash..also lost a good deal of LDF5-50a and LDF7-50a coax
> feedline ) So while re doing my antenna farm for base operations..
> I am also looking to further update my portable/backpack gear.
> (seems i also have to bite the bullet and get a car again.. thus getting
> needed antennas for whatever car i get as well.. i have kept away from
> driving for 20 years..but hurricane sandy showed if i needed to
> bail/evacuate on my own..without driving on my own.. well it turned out it
> was not possible)
>
> Bob Muller
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Randy Lake N1KWF
73 Gunn Rd.
Keene,NH