[Elecraft] K3 and whats next from Elecraft

[Ray Sills]

HI Steve:

Perhaps.  I have a feeling, however, that an HT would not be something  
that Elecraft would offer.  There simply are too many competitor  
products out there that do the job.  For example... the $32 Baofeng  
UV-5R, not to mention all the HTs made by Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood, and  
Alinco.  The market is saturated with HTs.

As nice as it would be to have the Elecraft brand on the front of an  
HT, ... I don't see it happening.  Elecraft has made it's mark by  
offering gear that -no one- is making.  And, making the best  
performing unit they can.  Consider the line: K2, K1, KX1, K3, KX3.   
Does -any- other company offer a truly competitive (for features) unit?

This is not to say that something might happen way down the road,  
maybe a digital voice HT, whenever a true DV standard is reached.
But, for now, I really do not believe Elecraft would consider  
marketing an HT.

73 de Ray
K2ULR
KX3 #211


On Aug 19, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Stephen Selberg wrote:

> Giving the high quality of Elecraft products, and the phenomenal  
> customer
> service, not to mention the made in the USA stamp, I think an Elecraft
> 2m/440 HT would be a huge success. I know I would be one of those  
> people
> camping out in front of the store for a week just be first in line  
> to buy
> one. Hopefully the Elecraft gods are listening.
>
> 73,
>
> Steve KS6PD