[Elecraft] The times they are a changin

[Thom]

Thanks Don for the info.

I only bought the 40/20 board with it and I was hoping to get a 80/30 
and a 17/15 board for it but I never got around to ordering them before 
the radio was discontinued.

I put a spare K2 knob I had,  on my K1.  I like that knob better, it has 
a finger dimple on it.  lol

73

Thom KI8W


On 9/29/2017 16:38, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Thom,
>
> I believe Elecraft will continue to support the K1 (and KX1 too) for 
> as long as possible.  Just don't try to order any of the enclosure 
> parts or the VFO knob.  The only other component that I know is not 
> available would be the wide range blue trimmers on the 4 band board, 
> and those disappeared a long time ago and caused the 4 band board to 
> be discontinued.
>
> I have a few of those blue trimmers here "just in case" they are 
> needed for repair - I think I have the last of them.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 9/29/2017 4:08 PM, Thom wrote:
>> Interesting thread.
>>
>> Yep they are changing.
>>
>> I bought a K1 kit a few months back and had no problems building it.  
>> I had grand ideas of using it in some portable ops but a recent new 
>> health issue has cancelled that idea.
>>
>> I listen to it occasionally but I never managed to get the alignment 
>> done on the transmitter.
>>
>> Maybe some day I will finish it and hopefully all goes well.  I also 
>> hope Elecraft continues to support the K1 in case I need help or 
>> maybe a few spare parts.