[Elecraft] [K2] K60XV - No longer available?

[Gwen Patton]

Bill,
It's not just a matter of deciding to sell the thing without a few parts.
Manufacturing and distributing hardware, whether pre-assembled or in kit
form, takes a LOT of work.
Check out this video from Dave Jones at the EEVBlog on the economics of
manufacturing your own hardware: https://youtu.be/UwrkfHadeQQ  There's also
a long thread on his forum:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-887-the-economics-of-selling-hardware/

I strongly recommend Dave's Youtube channel and his forum for information
about electronics. If you're in the industry, maybe you've already run into
it. I hope the video I linked helps clarify why it's not just a matter of
putting out a kit or product "without the 60m parts". (I wouldn't even want
to know the product liability side of distributing a product missing some
parts because they're no longer available. That sounds like a lawsuit
waiting to happen.)

73,
Gwen, NG3P (who in no way works for Elecraft, and is just putting in her 2
cents worth)

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 6:21 PM Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net> wrote:

> Here’s a radical idea. Why not just sell the K60XV, minus the 60m parts?
>
> That way, no one has to design a new board.
>
> You could call it the K—XV, where the 60 part has been subtracted.
>
> > On Aug 27, 2019, at 1:32 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> >
> > The high-value, low-temperature-coefficient trimmer capacitors leveraged
> in the design are no longer available. Unfortunately we don't have staff
> available to redesign the board to do it in another way, and demand is low.
> >
> > The transverter interface by itself could live on a smaller board.
> Schematics are available if someone would like to home-roll a replacement.
> We could supply small quantities of the programmed PIC16C621 that runs the
> module (cost TBD).
> >
> > 73,
> > Wayne
> > N6KR
> >
> >
> >> On Aug 27, 2019, at 9:13 AM, Neil Zampella <neilz at techie.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> FWIW .. this question is for Wayne or Eric,  could the K60XV be
> >> redesigned using currently available components, or perhaps something
> >> that would allow easy use of the transverters?
> >>
> >> Neil, KN3ILZ
> >
> >
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