[Elecraft] K3/0 question to Elecraft

Sebastian, W4AS w4as at bellsouth.net
Fri Feb 17 11:10:48 EST 2012


I saw the K3/0 at the Orlando hamfest last week.  It looks just like the 10w and 100w versions.

The 'box' is pretty much empty inside, except for the front panel which I was told was probably the most expensive part of a K3.

73 de Sebastian, W4AS



On Feb 17, 2012, at 3:28 AM, Oliver Dröse wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> 
> I would not expect that. The K3/0 shall be nothing more than the frontpanel.
> At least that is what people asked for. ;-)) Still using the whole enclosure
> of a K3 but just empty would not be what I prefer, it simply takes too much
> desk space. But as nobody else than the Elecraft guys have every seen the
> K3/0 we'll probably have to wait for Eric or Wayne to chime in here.
> 
> But half the price of a basic K3 would be a bit much for "just" a front
> panel. I would expect a price closer to that of a TS-480 frontpanel which
> Kenwood sells as single item especially for the RemoteRig system. But then
> again it depends on Elecraft's realization ... so eagerly awaiting more
> detailed information here, too. ;-))



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