[Elecraft] K4?

[Bob Schumacher]

At Pacificon 2017 eighteen months ago, I pressed one of the Elecraft sales people very hard about a K4 introduction. He admitted that they are working on the K4, but would not say anything about timing or content/performance. 

Remember that Elecraft worked on the KPA1500 for 10+ years before it was introduced. It could easily be 5 years before we see a K4. 

In the meantime, the K3s line is still by far the best amateur radio system in the world from the perspective of combined performance, flexibility, and value. Why would you want a K4? For the eye candy and convenience of a big, full color, touch screen display? So that you can feel good about having an RF-sampled SDR that provides little to no improvement in real world, useable, performance? 
So you can brag about "Pure Signal" distortion compensated transmission? Because you want access to the receiver I and Q channels?

I am tired of discussing a potential K4. If you need the best new station at the best value, buy a K3s line. I made that decision 12 months ago. 
I find it hard to lust after any other equipment now. 


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