[Elecraft] New K1 Kit

[Wayne Burdick]

While I appreciate the sentiments, I don't think we'd want to authorize a clone of the K1. In addition to the copyrighted PCBs, there's a lot of IP in the firmware needed to run the radio, band modules, ATU, etc.

Wayne
N6KR


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>> On Jun 7, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Glen Torr <glen.torr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Petr,
>> 
>> If their are lots of us interested we could do a replica. I do PCBs and PIC
>> programming for a radio telescope (part time, I am an old fart).
>> 
>> Is this doable?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Glen VK1FB
>> 
>>> On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 8:16 pm, Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS <indians at xsmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> check the price of rare K1 on eBay. K1 goes still so extremely high (if
>>> some
>>> K1 is available) on the auctions that it definitely shows how K1 is wanted
>>> and valued even another radios like KX2, KX1 etc. are on the market! try to
>>> thinking with coffee in hands "why...?"
>>> 
>>> K1 is on of the most quiet receiver at all and several time it listenning
>>> better then SDR radios with modern s/w features. Believe me, I have K3,
>>> KX3,
>>> K2, SST, Wilderness Sierra and few K1s and I am using all of them
>>> intensively so I know what I am talking about...
>>> 
>>> I am pretty sure that there is much more then "just" thousand of hams ready
>>> to buy it but I do not believe that someone in Elecraft will spend time
>>> with
>>> K1 resumption. Most of parts is obsolete (PA, driver, T/R, relays, IOs etc.
>>> so it must be re-worked completey with new parts (not redesigned...!)
>>> and it is time consumtion with no long time business vision model.
>>> 
>>> ...but just in case > I am in 997 to go. :)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----
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