[Elecraft] Future K-radio?

[Jim Lowman]

Yes, certainly, Joe.  I have not removed the XV-220 from consideration.
The only obstacles are the lack of 222 MHz activity in the greater LA 
area and the need to add the KXV3A to my K3.
Being a kit is not a problem - I love to build through-hole kits, going 
way back to Heathkits and also my K2.
SMD kit assembly is not one of the skills that I'm anxious to learn.

As far as 900 MHZ and 1.2 GHZ, DEM still has transverters, both 
assembled and in kit form, for those bands.
I'm sure that someone on here has interfaced the K3 with DEM transverters.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 8/23/2013 12:02 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
>> 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?).
>
> Does not the K3 with XV-144, XV-220 and VX-432 already answer that
> need through 70 cm?  If so, would not the answer seem to be in added
> transverters for 900 MHZ, 1.2 GHz and 2.3 GHz?   It seems that the K3
> can already address up to 9 transverters/transverter bands ... even
> if it were necessary to use more than one "band" to cover the needed
> spectrum, I would think a K3/10 with six transverters would more than
> sufficient as a 1.8 MHz to 2.4 GHz platform.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV