[Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

[Joseph M. Durnal]

This news is inspirational.  My half built K1, SN 2350 as been with another
ham since 2008.  I retrieved it today.

I had a problem on receive and had trouble figuring it out.  It turns out
that I missed D5, but checked it off.

https://imgur.com/a/v9aMm

I'm going to try and finish it sooner than later.

Any chance that KAT1 is still available?

73 de Joseph M. Durnal - NE3R


On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
>
> We should have made a formal announcement here. Yes, we discontinued it
> because certain parts are hard to come by now, making it no longer cost
> effective for us to manufacture.
>
> It was a great product for us, and I used mine for years, taking it on
> many trips. I thought of it as a “Sierra on Steroids” at the time
> (referring to an earlier design I did for the NorCal QRP Club). But we’ve
> moved on to more versatile field radios, including the KX2 and KX3.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> > On Aug 30, 2017, at 8:36 AM, Kevin Anderson via Elecraft <
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >
> > I am a little surprised that no mention was made on this e-mail list
> about the K1 being just recently discontinued.  Or if it had, I missed it
> and don't find it in a search of the list.
> >
> > It is being discussed over the QRP-L list, started by someone
> disappointed that he just finally had tried to order a K1 this past week or
> weekend and got the news.
> >
> > I presume that some key part has become unavailable, or has parts deemed
> not worth restocking any longer due to significant decline in demand for
> the transceiver.
> >
> > Kevin Anderson
>
>
>
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