[Elecraft] K4 on-air testing, etc.

[WILLIE BABER]

 Hello All,

I operated in the Classic Exchange event, and on Tuesday evening on 80 meters I was surprised by a call from Wayne, n6kr. Wayne was using the K4 (I think he was working, hi). Interestingly, I was using a Sierra qrp transceiver that I built and that Wayne designed many years ago now. Wayne pointed out that he designed the Sierra, but I already knew that as I have, like many others, followed Elecraft starting with the Sierra kit (before Elecraft), and then the k2 kit, the kx1 kit, and finally k3 (that eventually replaced MP, Orion, and Omni VI in multi-two or so2r). 

Thanks for the qso, Wayne.
73, Will, wj9b, dit dit

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     On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 10:12:49 AM PST, Buck <radiok4ia at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 The word was the kits would be about 6 months after the first release. 
This allows them to get experience assembling at the factory and allows 
time for writing the assembly manuals.

Buck, k4ia
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On 1/14/2020 11:29 PM, Charlie T wrote:
> I'm guessing there's no new info on the K4 kit version yet.
> 
> 73, Charlie k3ICH
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Paul Van Dyke
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 9:27 PM
> To: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 on-air testing, etc.
> 
> Thank you Wayne
> Looking for it to arrive (along with 1000's of others)
> 
> Paul - KB9AVO/KP2
> chasing from the beach on St Thomas
> KX3 #24, KXPA #22 on A123 batteries
> 
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 9:51 PM Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We've been making contacts with our K4s as often as possible, often in
>> conjunction with checkout of new software. But the Elecraft CW an SSB
>> nets are another great resource that we've been overlooking. We'll be
>> getting on these nets frequently in the future.
>>
>> Also note that we're going to start releasing K4 operational screen
>> shots as part of a newsletter series that begins soon. The intent is
>> both to inform potential users about how things work and to solicit
>> additional feedback.
>>
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>>
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