[Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

[roney]

Luckily to have mine K1, bought this year.
I intended to buy another one by the end of this year.
Now I have to safely keep it as a jewel!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/roney/34754819981/
Great little rig...

73 de PY1ZB

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 3:00 PM, James Bennett <w6jhb at me.com> wrote:

> Guys - I’m about to hit the magic “70” mark and have been using +250
> readers for quite a while. I’ve also been a stamp collector since age
> eight. Bad eyes and stamp collectinig don’t go together very well! The
> readers are fine for reading (duhhhh) but when it comes to really small,
> close-up examination of stamps, I got out my checkbook several years ago
> and purchased a fairly inexpensive (~$350) stereo microscope. Couple years
> ago I took the plunge and built my first SMT-based QRP rig. In addition to
> some really small resistors and capacitors, it also had a couple of the 64
> and 128 pin IC’s. Using that microscope made it a breeze. I’ve since built
> several SMT-based kits and find it quite easy with a microscope to see what
> one is doing. Now, unstable hands are quite another thing… :-(
>
> So, if Elecraft ever starts offering SMT kits, one of this units is the
> only way to go.
>
> Jim / W6JHB
> Folsom, CA
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> > On Aug 31, 2017, at 10:50 AM, Clay Autery <KY5G at montac.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jim has a point here, of course.  I'm only 53, but my once
> > "aviator-quality" vision now requires quite a bit of augmentation to do
> > close work like SMT...
> >
> > But I plan to fight it EVERY step of the way....  More magnification,
> > more light, hell...  I'll use robot hands if I need to.  I like building!
> >
> > ______________________
> > Clay Autery, KY5G
> >
> > On 8/30/2017 11:00 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> >> On 8/30/2017 7:30 PM, N4OI - Ken wrote:
> >>> I do not understand the general fear of working with SMT components.
> >>
> >> As you get older, you will. Eyes, steadiness of hand, eye-hand
> >> coordination, all can make working with SMT a challenge. Mine will be
> >> 76 years old in a few months. Several years ago, I learned just enough
> >> to do relatively simple SMT work with fairly large SMT components in a
> >> band pass filter kit. I couldn't even SEE the smaller SMT components
> >> in that kit, and called in reinforcements.
> >>
> >> 73, Jim K9YC
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