[Elecraft] Future K-radio?

[Fred Smith]

When I changed over to all Elecraft gear one radio I did keep was my IC-9100
for all my UHF/VHF even though one of my K3's does have the 2m module in it.
It still remains my main radio for 2-12m over my K3 with the 6/10 preamp.
IMHO a better receiver on those frequencies plus the added power up to 100w
on 2m to drive one of my larger amps that needs a 50w exciter.

On HF it falls short of the K3 quickly as most all other radios do but all
things considered it really isn't that bad there either. We have just become
to expect more receiver wise (HF) after owning our K2/K3/KX3's just makes us
to critical at times of our radios.

73,
Fred/N0AZZ

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bayard Coolidge, N1HO
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 12:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Future K-radio?

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
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