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

[W2xj]

i’ve been a user of 48 volt gear for decades in my day job but it is not what the average consumer can easily access. 

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> On Nov 5, 2019, at 12:19 PM, 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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