[Elecraft] [K2] K60XV - No longer available?
Clark Macaulay
clark.macaulay at gmail.com
Mon Sep 16 18:10:15 EDT 2019
Unfortunately, this other kit requires removal of some of the options I
already have (like battery).
I do have a K3 with 60m and 6m capability. Still, it would have been cool
to add this option.
On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 7:05 AM Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net> wrote:
> There’s also another, similar kit, the TIK2:
> http://01895fa.netsolhost.com/PDF/Manuals/TIK2.pdf
>
>
>
> > On Sep 12, 2019, at 6:59 PM, Harry Yingst <hlyingst at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Downeast Microwaver already did that
> >
> > Look Here http://01895fa.netsolhost.com/PDF/Manuals/EKTI.pdf
> >
> > From this page https://www.downeastmicrowave.com/articles.asp?ID=252
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, September 12, 2019, 06:56:07 AM EDT, Bill Coleman <
> aa4lr at arrl.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Gwen,
> >
> > You missed the point. They DISCONTINUED the K60XV because they could no
> longer obtain the bottom-adjustment trimmer caps.
> >
> > Wayne suggested someone could design a new board that just had the XV
> part of the kit.
> >
> > What I’m saying is that the existing board would work just fine for the
> XV part of the kit. Since Elecraft CANNOT supply all of the 60m parts,
> since some of them are no longer available, why not just sell a re-branded
> kit that just has the XV parts.
> >
> > There is NO liability concern, since the rebranded kit works just as
> advertised.
> >
> > I’ve encountered many, many electronic products in my lifetime where a
> single board is variously populated with parts, depending on the features
> present.
> >
> > I spent a little bit of time looking at the K60XV schematic, and it
> looks like the 60m component is about 10 or so parts
> >
> > > On Sep 11, 2019, at 10:02 PM, Gwen Patton <ardrhi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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