[Elecraft] [Elecraft-K3] K3S to be discontinued

[Jim Rhodes]

There have been a few amateur transceivers made that ran their solid state
finals at higher voltages and then had their own internal supplies. But the
industry has decided that the "standard" is still "12V". The rigs with the
higher voltage just don't take off and induce sales.

On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 11:19 AM Phil Kane <k2asp at kanafi.org> wrote:

> On 11/4/2019 1:24 PM, Rick Bates (WA6NHC) wrote:
>
> > Perhaps since that is the standard voltage for cars, trucks, RVs and
> other vehicles.
>
> Commercial communication base-station equipment has been standardized at
> -48 volts(*) for quite a while and actually needs to use a voltage
> converter for the odd-ball +12 V or 120V AC equipment that has to be run.
>
> (*) -48 volts has been the telephone industry standard since Ma Bell was
> a  teen-ager!
>
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
>
> From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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