[Elecraft] KIO3B pricing (was: Re: K3IOB)

[andrew vavra]

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Back when the K3S first came out I did the math on the cost of upgrading a K3 Classic to add the K3IO, the new tuner, two KSyn3A's and all of the other upgrades versus purchasng a new K3S, and came to the conclusion that I could sell my old K3 Classic on eHam or eBay or privately (~4000 S/N range) and move up to a brand new K3S for just a few hundred dollars additional.

By doing this I was able to reset the clock and start all over again with a brand new rig with all the upgrades and a full year's warranty to boot.  You can save even more by moving your sub RX from the old rig to the new rig -- the Sub RX is one item which did not change.
Put your old price list and the new price list side by side and you will see that most items have not increased all that substantially compared t the benefits you receive when upgrading.
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Re: [Elecraft] KIO3B pricing (was: Re: K3IOB)

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft Sat, 19 Dec 2015 13:00:04 -0800
Also note that the KIO3B has all of the original KIO3 analog and digital 
functionality and HW. Adding the usb sound and USB data hw to that did not 
increase the end price by over $200.Lastly at ham radio market volumes, which are much lower than most consumer 
products, the cost to develop and support any design is folded in the price we 
must charge over time. We can't survive any other way.

73,
Eric
elecraft.com
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