[Elecraft] K4 Beta Testers

[Bill Frantz]

I'm with Grant here. I'm looking forward to the kit.

When I got my K3, I got the minimal kit, buy my XYL wanted the 
2M module, so I also got the 13KHz filter. When she saw me 
working CQP with it at 10 watts into a Little Tarheel antenna on 
80M, she took sympathy and said I should get the 100W module. 
Now the radio is a top of the line K3 with the upgrades.

I'll probably go the same route with the K4. She and I are 
moving into a retirement community in Peterborough NH which is 
just down the hill from the old family house on 6 acres. One 
option will be to put a K4 there and operate remotely from the 
community, avoiding all the noisy switched mode power supplies.

In any case, the timing of the kit may be close to what I need, 
since this autumn will be filled with moving, and I don't expect 
to be able to engage in serious station building while my new 
life settles down.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 6/5/19 at 12:21 PM, ghyoungman at gmail.com (Grant Youngman) wrote:

>I think the best option at this point is to just take a really 
>deep breath.  I’m waiting for the kit version next year — 
>not because I want to save a few bucks, but because I want the 
>pleasure of knowing where every screw and piece-part goes and 
>won’t be afraid to remove the top cover.
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