[Elecraft] New Product Idea - 2 Meter

[Jim Lowman]

At the Elecraft presentation that Eric did at Pacificon last year, I 
threw out this exact idea for his consideration.

Given that Elecraft already has the technology to produce tranverters 
for the K2 and K3 for 2m, 222 MHz and 432 MHz, I suggested a single box 
to contain all three bands, all modes, and with a minimum of 50 watts 
output.

Eric was receptive to the concept, but said he didn't think that there 
would be a large enough market for such a transceiver.  He's also the 
business guy with Elecraft, so I have to believe what he said.

Submitting the idea to the list a while back, the general consensus 
seemed to agree, adding that the VHF/UHF weak-signal operator pool is 
shrinking.

The discussion is in the archives.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 10/14/2015 1:51 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote:
> An all-mode VHF/UHF, 30 to 50 watt radio in a KX3 - sized box?  (;-)
>
> 73 - K0PP
> On Oct 14, 2015 2:40 PM, "Richard Kendrick" <n7nt at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> If you're going to go multi-band VHF/UHF, including 220 MHz would be very
>> nice.
>>
>> Richard N7NT