[Elecraft] The market for Full Kit Radios?

[Brian Denley]

I'd love a matching panadaptor kit for my K2 !

Brian Denley
KB1VBF
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> On Feb 12, 2017, at 3:11 PM, Kevin - K4VD <kevin at k4vd.net> wrote:
> 
> Hey Harry... I hope you don't mind if I toss another idea out there. It has
> to do with a conversation going on in another forum I'm part of and thought
> it might make an interesting addition to your thoughts.
> 
> I do not believe the homebrew spirit of Amateur Radio is dead. I do believe
> that there has been somewhat of a shift in thinking. As much a part of any
> ham radio station today I think software falls right in there with
> antennas, tuners and transceivers.
> 
> What if, instead of buying a hardware kit, you could buy the components of
> software. Maybe some brilliant programmers can put together the building
> blocks of the next great logging or PSK-31 terminal program? These
> entrepreneurial programmers put together "kits" that you and I could key in
> to something free like Visual Studio or whatever the current Linux or Apple
> environment is. Along with the keying in, the programmers are guiding us
> through the software from maybe simple how-to-program to more complex how
> to interface with a certain rig's API.
> 
> I like to think that today's keyboard is equivalent to yesterday's
> soldering iron. Both are responsible for the start of a lot of creativity.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> 73,
> Kev K4VD
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft <
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
>> For me a large part of the enjoyment of Amateur radio is the process of
>> building the radios and accessories.
>> 
>> I tend to like kits because all the truly hard work making the board
>> punching and painting the case etc has been done for me and I get the fun
>> of building it and then using something that I have built.
>> 
>> I would love to see an updated version of the K2 as a full kit, but that
>> leaves me wondering is there really a market for full kits?
>>