[Elecraft] K2 100 Tuner question

[Josh Fiden]

What tooling?

73
Josh W6XU

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> On Dec 22, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Once again, the EC2 was discontinued because the metal supplier is no longer in business.
> To find another vendor is out of the question.  The startup and tooling costs would be excessively high for the projected quantities involved.
> How many EC2 enclosure could Elecraft sell at a price point of $250 or more per unit (my guess, not anything official from Elecraft)?
> It was not a high sales volume unit where such startup and tooling costs could be swamped out by the sales volumes.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> On 12/22/2018 4:44 PM, Doug Person wrote:
>>> On 12/22/2018 2:30 PM, Rick Wheeler wrote:
>>> I always wondered why Elecraft discontinued the EC2 enclosure. Even the mod to use the EC2 enclosure with the 100 watt amp and tuner was unofficial as I understood. I built the 100 amp and tuner in the EC2 as per the instructions to mate with the K2. Maybe the demand was not there but neat setup and works great!
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