[Elecraft] Elecraft Support

[Harry Yingst]

Much of the market has changed over the years with more and more coming into amateur radio who are moreor less operators and not builders (as I view it they are the ones missing out on 90% of the fun of amateur radio).But as I would tend to believe Elecraft wants to stay in business they need to evolve with the changing market.
I have built a few radios that were surface mount and they can be a little more of a challenge than through hole,but not nearly as hard as I initially thought they would be, just a but different in the thought process and work.I think Elecraft would be hard pressed to sell a lot of K3's that were 100% in Kit form (as in solder the boards).

The K2 was a great radio and I really enjoyed building it (and in a moment of foolishness I sold it).
Of the few radios I regret selling the ones I actually built are the ones I regret the most.





      From: Jim Rogers <jim.w4atk at gmail.com>
 To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
 Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 10:00 AM
 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Support
   
And I agree with you and Kevin Ron.  Sometimes with growth cracks occur 
and you might just fall through one now and then. But you remain 
faithful to the cause. There is one Elecraft radio that will never leave 
my shack and that one is my faithful K2/10 with that wonderful receiver. 
It has the battery supply and that great antenna tuner and every option 
except the 100W amp.

Jim, W4ATK

K2, K-Line


On 1/7/2017 9:32 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Yes, it is clear Elecraft's primary customer base has shifted from builders
> to operators. By "operators" I mean Hams who want a rig they plug in, turn
> on, and use on the air or perhaps tinker with interfacing it with their
> computer, etc.
>  
> I agree with Kevin.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> kevinr at coho.net
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> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
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>
> Sigh
>
>      Kevin.  KD5ONS
>
>
> On 1/7/2017 2:36 PM, Jim Rogers wrote:
>> Does anyone remember the good old days, back when the K2 was king, you
>> would call support and would be routed to an engineer or perhaps in
>> the case of the DSP2,  Lyle himself? I remember developing a real
>> friendship with a guy out west, who worked from his home. Eventually
>> we shared phone numbers. Or you would turn to the back of the K2
>> manual and there find the complete schematics and chapter 9, "Circuit
>> Details"?  Yeah, I know, those were the days of thru-hole kits, solder
>> smoke, and, "gee I wish I had not done that", when you lifted a trace
>> and had to break out the blue wire to make things right again. Things
>> were better then....those really were the good old days...things were
>> more personal then.....
>>
>> Jim, W4ATK
>>
>> Licensed: General Class Sept 1953
>>
>> K2, K-Line
>>
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