[Elecraft] IndeIdefinate support for K3s?

[Jerry Moore]

I guess my question was more geared toward if I had to repair and module are the components still available to fix the module not necessarily the module itself.

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
________________________________
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Fred Jensen <k6dgwnv at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2022 3:53:10 PM
To: David Gilbert <ab7echo at gmail.com>
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] IndeIdefinate support for K3s?

I don't think it has much if anything to do with the size of Elecraft.
WW2 gear was built with point-to-point wiring and components [e.g.
resistors, capacitors] that were available through the 40's, 50's, 60's,
70's,  80's, and even into the early 90's.  My Swan 500C in the late
60's was still wired point-to-point. You could buy a .01 mfd capacitor
... in the 40's it would likely be wax impregnated paper with two leads,
later it might be a disc ceramic with two leads maybe a little smaller
but still visible.

Technology made a sharp turn as silicon replaced nearly everything and
"Honey, I shrank all the parts" became a great hit at the box office.
And, the availability life of the nearly invisible parts decreased
dramatically. More and more function was being crammed into less and
less space, and the individual parts did far more than just provide
capacitive reactance.  Many multi-functional things you could buy
readily in early 2000 were closing in on unobtanium before the the end
of the decade. It's affected everything and everyone, it will probably
continue, and Elecraft is caught in it just like everyone else.

And, then there's the Great Exodus to Offshore Manufacturing ... another
factor for another time.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

David Gilbert wrote on 5/1/2022 12:20 PM:
> I guess one way to look at this is that Elecraft is a small company
> that outgrew its ability to do everything they said they would.
> Understandable maybe, but unfortunate.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
>
> On 5/1/2022 5:26 AM, Jerry Moore wrote:
>> How long will elecraft continue to support the case 3s and are there
>> any components or modules that we should buy in advance because they
>> won't be supportable in the future?
>>
>> Tnx
>> De ae4pb ..
>



--
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
https://www.avg.com
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to jermo at carolinaheli.com