[Elecraft] Could you make a Element/vibration hardend VX3?

[Jim Brown]

On 5/4/2014 5:41 PM, Russell Conner wrote:
> You could have come back and said "we are working on it" or "It is most of
> the way there, it just is not water resistant" or "We know someone who has
> a modification guide" I figured no harm in asking.... boy was I wrong.

Russell,

You're being unfair. You got a direct response (and on the weekend, too) 
from Wayne, N6KR, one of the two OWNERS of Elecraft, and who is the 
designer of the KX3. Try that with any other company. His response was 
honest, direct, and not at all unreasonable. He understands the market 
for his products, he understands the cost of a "hardened" radio, and he 
knows that his customers don't need it and certainly would be unwilling 
to pay the high added cost. I suspect that, with your electronics 
background, if you looked at the radio in question, you would agree.

Elecraft is a small company, they make a small range of products, all 
primarly aimed at the HF ham bands, all are designed and built in the 
US, and they don't sell through dealers that add cost to the consumer.

73, Jim K9YC