Why?? I can't see anything wrong with the way it is QRP. I prefer it over the rice boxes, for one thing I don't need 10,000 bells and whistles, I don't even use many of the K2's extra features. I like it cause even stuipid me and fix it, or get tons of help on this group. Why mess it up?? Guess I just don't get what your getting at. I probably should not have even posted this.
Jerry - NR5A - South DAkota ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marinos Markomanolakis, M.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:51 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business ? > Dear fellow Elecrafters, > This is going to be an out of the ordinary post, and I am sure will get > quite a bit of criticism, but since there has been a recent discussion about > looking for ways to satisfy as many potential customers as possible (with > the QRO kits etc), I would like to hear some opinions about this: > > What are the reasons for the popularity of the K2 radio not being equal to > the Japanese made rigs worldwide ? Yes, the rig is very popular but its > production/sale numbers are just about 5000, a rather small number compared > to any of the commercially available units. > > In my view, which may be wrong of course, the answer is that the K2 is not > considered by the majority of the hams worldwide as the radio that can > substitute all others in HF in their shack. It is rather seen as a > specialized 2nd or 3rd "luxury" radio. > > And here comes the question: > Would it be possible and financially profitable for Elecraft to introduce a > full feature transceiver kit that can maintain the well known RX advantages > of the K2 while adding other features that have come to be considered as > "standard" in modern radios ? > > * General HF coverage > * IF manual Notch > * Continuously variable PBT / Rx Bandwidth > * Maybe 200W RF output > * Band (manual) preselector > > Of course many people will argue about the usefulness of these features, but > having a radio with the above would make it an extremely attractive choice > as the only radio for many more hams worldwide, and since the vast majority > of us like to build equipment, certainly would prefer it over ready made > "black-boxes"..... > > Just some philosophical thoughts, and topics of debate. > 73 to all, > Marinos, ki4gin > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
