Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Roney, congrats for your K1 jewel > nice pics on Flickr. Yes, I am sure you will be really satisfied with that little rig. If it is properly aligned then it works like champ anywhere you are. maybe it is time to buy some additional parts until they will be gone... Good luck! 73 - Petr, OK1RP

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

I started with a magnifier on an arm with a circular florescent lamp. I still use this device for anything which needs a bit of magnification including inspecting thru-hole boards and fixing knitting mistakes. I assembled a number of kits with SMT parts using this magnifier. I then got a

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Coffee. In the early 1980's I was working on a new PA design for Phoenix Missile.  The original design used relatively narrow band klystons, and we needed more BW for, well, never mind.  So the new design used a three-stage IMPATT diode amplifier (injection-locked oscillator in reality). A

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

LOL!!  Well, yeah, if you have all the parts out in a pile...  I have organizers I use so that I never have more out on the work surface than absolutely required.  And I don't even have allergies...  but I have had a sneeze scatter little parts before. __ Clay Autery, KY5G On

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

There is one infirmity that has not yet been mentioned that degrades one's ability to work with SMT devices ... allergies.  One sneeze and your project is over. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 8/31/2017 11:00 AM, James Bennett wrote: Guys - I’m about to hit the

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Luckily to have mine K1, bought this year. I intended to buy another one by the end of this year. Now I have to safely keep it as a jewel! https://www.flickr.com/photos/roney/34754819981/ Great little rig... 73 de PY1ZB On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 3:00 PM, James Bennett wrote: > Guys

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Guys - I’m about to hit the magic “70” mark and have been using +250 readers for quite a while. I’ve also been a stamp collector since age eight. Bad eyes and stamp collectinig don’t go together very well! The readers are fine for reading (du) but when it comes to really small, close-up

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

They could call it the K1x, just to keep things confusing. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Aug 31, 2017, at 10:47 AM, Clay Autery wrote: > > Now THAT is intriguing to me... > > __ > Clay Autery, KY5G >

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Jim has a point here, of course.  I'm only 53, but my once "aviator-quality" vision now requires quite a bit of augmentation to do close work like SMT... But I plan to fight it EVERY step of the way  More magnification, more light, hell...  I'll use robot hands if I need to.  I like building!

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Now THAT is intriguing to me... __ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389 > But how small would the K1 be if made with SMT's and a few toroids. Ooohhh.. > > 73, Byron N6NUL > __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Joseph, Contact sales about the KAT1. I have had official information that options will be available until the current supplies run out. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/30/2017 9:04 PM, Joseph M. Durnal wrote: I'm going to try and finish it sooner than later. Any chance that KAT1 is still available?

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Agree Skip... My son Jakub (15) is using his K1 mostly on receiving and learning CW and what is funny > time to time he is able to hear DX sigs better then on my K3... :) He is really proud to have his K1 because of that, hi. 73 - Petr, OK1RP - http://ok1rp.blogspot.com -- Sent from:

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On 8/30/2017 7:30 PM, N4OI - Ken wrote: I do not understand the general fear of working with SMT components. As you get older, you will. Eyes, steadiness of hand, eye-hand coordination, all can make working with SMT a challenge. Mine will be 76 years old in a few months. Several years ago, I

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

i prefer smt to through hole for hand soldering. through hole is a total pain. i generally do not use any hot air; just a fine tip metcal iron, a *lot* of flux and sometimes a toothpick.0603 RCLs are a piece of cake. 0402 RCLs take some care but are totally doable.73 de AI6KG On

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On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 7:30 PM, N4OI - Ken wrote: > Byron Servies wrote >> [...] and soldering surface mount components. > > I do not understand the general fear of working with SMT components. I actually use the toaster oven method described in QST a few years ago. Works

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Byron Servies wrote > [...] and soldering surface mount components. I do not understand the general fear of working with SMT components. The import hot air soldering stations are relatively cheap and easy-to-use. And magnifiers are available -- even binocular microscopes start around $500 for

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

It is still on the price list: http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_prod_list.htm#k1 73, Byron N6NUL On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Joseph M. Durnal wrote: > This news is inspirational. My half built K1, SN 2350 as been with another > ham since 2008. I retrieved it

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

We still sell a number of K2s each month. Its the only full-solder SSB/CW 160-10 kit available. And its still in the upper performance portion of the charts! :-) Plus we also still sell the KPA100 100W top cover option kit for the K2. We plan to keep the K2 rolling for as long as possible.

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This news is inspirational. My half built K1, SN 2350 as been with another ham since 2008. I retrieved it today. I had a problem on receive and had trouble figuring it out. It turns out that I missed D5, but checked it off. https://imgur.com/a/v9aMm I'm going to try and finish it sooner than

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Hi all, About a year after I was licensed in 2008 I was extremely unhappy with how I was approaching the hobby. I sat there, looking at a pile of expensive kit I had no understanding of and realized I was not achieving my goals that pushed me to be licensed in the first place. Those included

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Up at Salmoncon this year I had a chance to play with just about every radio Elecraft has come out with, with the exception of the K2. I left my KX2 sit in the tent while I had a chance to take the K1 for a nice test drive one night while sitting around in the pavilion. Great little radio.

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Mike and all, Yes, both the K1 and the K2 have had an exceptionally long lifetime compared to other ham transceivers. I received my Field Test K2 late 1998, so my SN 0020 is 19 years old. Even though the K1 (and KX1) have been discontinued, support will continue for as long as the

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

I found a K1 listed a day or so ago on QRZ, the same day his gripe was sent out, with 4 bands, IIRC, and sent the listing to the QRP list. Whether Purley or anyone else responded to it, I can't say, but if he wanted one, there it was. As of the writing, it appears to be still available. 73

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I don't think I'll ever give up my 4-band K1. Sorry to see it discontinued, however, thanks for developing it in the first place. Kudo to Elecraft. Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI Sent from my android device. __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

R.I.P. K1.  I never had one, but on a SOTA activation with Rich, NU6T, several years ago, we traded rigs for a bit and I got to run his K1.  Really great little radio.  I was giving some consideration to selling my K2/10 and getting a KX2, but then I spent some time with the K2 on the air and

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Think I will post my K1 4 band and my two extra 2 Bandera for sale. Gerald. On Aug 30, 2017 3:39 PM, "Al Scanandoah" wrote: I sat on the fence for too long, and didn't acquire my K1 until earlier this year. I missed out on the 4 band module, but I at least came up with a

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

I sat on the fence for too long, and didn't acquire my K1 until earlier this year. I missed out on the 4 band module, but I at least came up with a means to more efficiently swap 2-band modules. It's a very fun rig to use, even without current technology. KX2/KX3/KX(TBD) at some point?

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

It was a favorite of mine as well. Very capable radio that was fun to build and operate. I am really sorry I sold it. Maybe the skunk works at Elecraft can come up with a modern version. (hint hint). I know what you are going to say, "They already did. It is called a KX2." Buck, k4ia

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

I saw the K1 first at Dsyton 2000, just after it was announced. I ordered one immediately, but delivery did not happen for almost six months. It is one of my favorite electronic devices from the past 50 years. It covered 15 meters, and consumed only about 60 mA on receive, with backlight.

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

I guess my kids or XYL will dig it out and put it on the market with the rest of my stuff one day... But man, until then, what a great QRP rig!! 4-band K1 with ATU... a real, take-anywhere radio!! 73 -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/

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Well, certainly, the handwriting was on the wall when you could no longer purchase a 4-band K1. That said, I feel bad for Perley, who was saving up to get one. At this point, I suspect he will have to go in a different direction, if he wants a rig to construct himself. He's pretty much said

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

Hi Kevin, We should have made a formal announcement here. Yes, we discontinued it because certain parts are hard to come by now, making it no longer cost effective for us to manufacture. It was a great product for us, and I used mine for years, taking it on many trips. I thought of it as a

[Elecraft] K1 Discontinued

I am a little surprised that no mention was made on this e-mail list about the K1 being just recently discontinued. Or if it had, I missed it and don't find it in a search of the list. It is being discussed over the QRP-L list, started by someone disappointed that he just finally had tried to