[Elecraft] Would anyone like to see an all-mode VHF/UHFoffering from Elecraft?

[Lewis Phelps]

Joe, I respectfully disagree with your assertion that "it already exists."  The functionality exists, but not in a form factor that makes it easy to use in portable situations. Many VHF/UHF contesters (myself included) operate from mountain peaks, to gain greater distance to the "radio horizon." Unless you want to invest in an RV or van, it becomes a real challenge to squeeze a K3 plus a couple of transverters, plus a laptop for logging, plus antenna rotator controls, plus a couple of brick amplifiers,  plus a whole bunch of coaxial cable, into a vehicle. I know, because I cram all that sort of stuff into a Jeep Cherokee for contest events. I can carry it in the Jeep, but setting up to operate inside the Jeep isn't easy. Since you can't count on benign weather atop 9,000 foot -plus peaks, setting up on a table outside the vehicle isn't a viable alternative.  A K3-based successor to the Yaesu FT-736 would be far, far better. 

I don't know how widespread a market exists for such a rig, but one can dream.

Lew

Lew Phelps N6LEW
Pasadena, CA DM04wd
Elecraft K3-10 
Yaesu FT-7800 
Lew at N6LEW.US
www.ntlew.us



On Jan 31, 2014, at 6:08 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:

> 
> No, it already exists in the K3/10 with XV-144/220/432 or the
> K3/10 with KXV-144 for those wanting only 6 and 2.
>