[Elecraft] The market for Full Kit Radios?

[Harlan Sherriff]

I second the panadaptor idea

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> On Feb 12, 2017, at 4:46 PM, Brian Denley <b.denley at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I'd love a matching panadaptor kit for my K2 !
> 
> Brian Denley
> KB1VBF
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> 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?
>>> 
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