[Elecraft] missed market

Fri Dec 14 09:36:51 EST 2012

Would 11m fall into the General Coverage receiver filter never looked on my
K3?

Fred/N0AZZ

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert Vargas (KP4Y)
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 7:31 AM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] missed market

I looked at my KX3 this morning and the mere though of seeing it being used
as a CB radio sent chills down my spine...yeah, buy one of those "walkie
talkie" style CB radios if you want the portability, I had one before
becoming a "ham". Unless, you are really seeking bragging rights at the next
CB club meeting. ;-)

73s
Robert-KP4Y

Gary Gregory <vk1zzgary at gmail.com> 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=111c69175f95c15223d00
>> 9847bac0a18&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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