[Elecraft] missed market

[Stephen Roberts]

A well thought out ridiculous post. Sorry. 

You want 11m, get a radio for that purpose. 

Maybe Elecraft could put a microwave oven in the KX3 as well.

73
Steve
W1SFR



On Dec 14, 2012, at 7:50 AM, Gary Gregory wrote:

> Nope, not allowed in VK either!
> 
> On 11M band you need to learn a foreign language and forget asking for
> help, mostly you just get QRM'd and so it goes on.
> 
> I think Eric will close this thread soon..:-)
> 
> 73's
> Gary
> 
> On 14 December 2012 23:29, <amsctalx at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Wow...just...wow...
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&SID=111c69175f95c15223d009847bac0a18&rgn=div6&view=text&node=47:5.0.1.1.5.4&idno=47#47:5.0.1.1.5.4.144.9
>> 
>> FCC Title 47 Part 95 Subpart D explains why Elecraft (or anyone else)
>> couldn't do this if they wanted to.
>> 
>> I really, really thought that every licensed amateur radio operator would
>> know this .
>> 
>> 
>> Mike Alexander - N8MSA
>> 
>> amsctalx at comcast.net
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "rwm rwmr" <rwmr_10021 at yahoo.com>
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 6:18:26 AM
>> 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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