[Elecraft] FW: TYPO [re: A Rob Sherwood's talk in Dayton]

[Don Wilhelm]

Those capable of making non-Elecraft mods to the K3 would not be 
discouraged.  Whether those mods would ever be picked up for inclusion 
into the K3 design remains a decision for Wayne and Eric to make.

I use the K2 as an example -- there are several K2 mods that have been 
quite useful to some owners, but did not make it into the 'official 
Elecraft' mod list.  Most of those were operating conveniences as 
opposed to performance enhancements, and the list includes my W3FPR 
Fixed Audio Output mod, the N0SS CW Tuning Mod, and the Clifton Labs 
Z10000-K2 IF Output Mod which provides an IF output for a Panadapter.

As in the "K2 days", document and publicize your mod(s) and see if 
Elecraft sees fit to incorporate them into the current K3 design.
Note that the K2 mods mentioned above did not make it into the K2 
'official mods', but the function provided DID make it into the K3 
design, so your ideas will not be lost, but may influence the functions 
provided by a future product.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/7/2013 10:51 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II wrote:
> Your point is well taken and I support your direction.  There is another
> avenue as well... some of us are well capable of making updates to the radio
> on our own (as you have seen with recent discussion of "Mods").  It wouldn't
> be out of the realm of possibility to see a spin-off group (of us eager
> egg-heads as it were,) put some ideas together.  I think I would be
> sensitive enough to Elecraft to work "with you" and let you decide if you
> want to offer the updates... I have some ideas...
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