[Elecraft] Considering a K3

[Oliver Dröse]

Don is certainly right. But what I've been wondering already is what 
will happen to Elecraft if Wayne & Eric will retire? I know there's a 
real great crew at Elecraft now but hey, they are the master minds, 
aren't they? ;-)

73, Olli

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Am 05.04.2014 20:40, schrieb Don Wilhelm:
> Dave,
>
> Elecraft is in good financial shape and is *not* running on borrowed 
> money.
> Consider also that Elecraft still sells and supports every product 
> that they have developed, and that includes their first product, the 
> K2 first available in 1999.  I am certain the K3 will be around for a 
> very long time too.
>
> So other than a natural disaster that would completely wipe out the 
> Watsonville area and much around it as well, I can forsee no reason 
> for Elecraft to go away.  Even a total natural disaster in the 
> Watsonville area would not likely to shut things down for long - the 
> engineering/development staff is spread out over a lot of the US and 
> communicate via email and other internet methods, and the support 
> staff is similar.  That indicates to me that any interruption would be 
> temporary, and more likely only result in a slowdown while Watsonville 
> would recover quickly.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 4/5/2014 1:09 PM, David Cole wrote:
>> Hi Robers,
>> Thanks for the nice overview, Is there any issue you might be aware of
>> that might cause Elecraft to cease production of the K3, or go away as a
>> company?
>>
>
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