[Elecraft] New K1 Kit

[hawley, charles j jr]

Hey, I have a dumb idea. How about a K1 box with a KX2 inside. Sort of. Actually might be nice to have some room inside.

Chuck Jack Hawley 
KE9UW

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> On Jun 7, 2019, at 10:38 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 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 Most of parts is obsolete (PA, driver, T/R, relays, IOs etc.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. :)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----
>>>> 73 - Petr, OK1RP
>>>> "Apple & Elecraft freak"
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