[Elecraft] K1 BUILD ISSUES

[Don Wilhelm]

Kent and all,

The K1 needed to be discontinued because the enclosure metalwork was no 
longer available, and the cost for a new vendor to tool up was prohibitive.

OTOH, the K2 is around and selling for just as long as possible. 
Procurement of thru-hole components becomes more difficult as 
manufacturers are switching to all SMD components.  So far Elecraft has 
been able to provide suitable substitutes such as the SA612 IC mounted 
on a carrier board so it can be used in a thru-hole board.  Other such 
substitutions will be coming in the future, but Elecraft is dedicated to 
keeping the K2 kit alive for as long as possible.

73,
Don W3FPR


On 4/12/2018 12:42 PM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote:

> Suspecting the K1 and K2 kits are probably not long for this Earth, I 
> bought both last Fall with the intent of building the K1 this Spring and 
> the K2 this summer.  A close friend talked me out of my KX1 a while back 
> which, for some reason, resurrected an urge to build again.  I've built 
> all the mini-modules and the big rigs, but screw-driver assembly isn't 
> nearly as satisfying as solder-assembly.
>