[Elecraft] Need K3 Board

[JR]

Can you say "planned obsolescence?"

There are lots of good and bad reasons for this, so I am not dissing 
Elecraft in any way.  One of the good reasons is the difficulty in in 
maintaining parts and repeating production of rarely ordered minor 
daughter boards,  and then there is the incentive to retire that old rig 
and sell/buy a new one!   Again, I am not casting aspersions in any 
direction.  A small manufacturing outfit can only do so much for so long 
before it must move on.   Ten-Tec used to stock as many parts for as 
many old, retired models as it could. But then, ham radio was more of a 
hobby to it than a main line of business, like its tool and die and 
metal fabrication line.  TT owners used to call the Service Dept to 
discover what and how to fix their aging radios, and kept them going and 
going seemingly forever.  No wonder it could not sell its newer models 
to older customers!   It is a balancing act - how long can Elecraft 
afford to maintain older models, while moving ahead with newer 
products?  Not so easy I think.   K8JHR