On 5/31/2011 3:20 PM, Gary Reich wrote: > As the owner of 2 K2s which I built I am curious about the future of the K2 > now that the KX3 is being developed. Since the K2 is a mature radio the only > viable upgrades would be in the firmware.
OK, I'm a little confused, but then that's pretty much a permanent state for me at this age. I have K2 #4398. I have the KAT2, the SSB adapter [never used], and the AF2 [used a lot once I figured out how to use it]. Oh yes, there's a real-time clock in there too, don't know where and never used. I bought a KAT100 and KPA100 from another ham a number of years ago, don't use them any more. If anyone wants them, let me know. My K2 is still exactly the radio I bought and built. It still does exactly what I bought it for. I'm not looking for upgrades, I have a serious aversion to upgrades after a career in engineering, HW and SW. I can't really think of anything that would make my K2 better than it already is. It is my field radio, I use it for summit activations, and field contests where I don't have to weigh my radio. For that I use the KX1, which also doesn't need upgrading. I wish I had kept my S3-Line, a "mature radio." I also wish I had kept my 2B, another "mature radio." Change happens, things do get better [but not always], but how can a radio become obsolete if it still does what it always did and all of that is still rampant on the ham bands? 73, Fred K6DGW "Mature Ham" ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
