[Elecraft] Future K-radio?

[Bayard Coolidge, N1HO]

Lew Phelps, N6LEW, mentioned the FT-736R.

I have one, and used it for many years when I was living on top of a decent hill in New Hampshire.

I briefly flirted with the idea of buying an IC-9100 to replace my IC-746Pro AND the FT-736R, but
after reading many review articles, as well as the discussions on this list, I bought a K3 kit. I love it
for HF work, but I'd also like to see an integrated desktop replacement for the FT-736R to cover 6m (or 2m)
through 23cm (or perhaps 13cm?). The FT-736R was touted as a satellite radio, but I'm not personally
interested in the more esoteric satellite features (such as reverse VFO tracking), as I preferred to do
weak-signal work, with some cross-mode and FM operating. I still have the "brick" amplifiers for
2, 222 and 432 MHz that I used with the FT-736R, and they're still currently available, so I'm thinking
that the envisioned Elecraft product only needs to put out 5-10W, but should have separate per-band
relay keying lines.

Just my 20 millidollars' worth of daydreaming...

Brandy, N1HO