Wayne, team I am pretty sure at a certain point the K3 will go out of production due component EOL (and I am sure elecraft already have a strategy, and this is normal). Now maybe is waaay to early to speak abt "k3 discontinued" but for a future developement if will be possible, design K4 in such a way to keep some of our old k3 optionals. Aparently seems is not a good marketing strategy but is not (ham comunity is somehow different than classical consumer market, a product lifetime is not 12 or 18months, is 5 years or longer) and along with many new fresh users, the old k3 owners could migrate smoothly into next one and decision factor is going to be faster bringing on a short time more revenue to sustain the production. Migration from K3 to K4 is not the same like from K2 to K3, market is different, users are different..another class...On the other hand Elecraft could reuse some of the old stock components/boards/test manufacturing...etc....my two cents. And one more hint...don't go over the OLED multi-touch screen technology for further developements, is a waste of time, resources and ultimately is a waste of money. I am scared abt MTBF of consumer displays, working somehow around this field, the mtbf of consumer touchscreen displays is horrible, no wonder as long as lifetime of smartphones is under 18 months on avg use, who cares abt lifetime, mtbf, needs to be cheap...Wonder some other vendors how will face repair ...loool vy 73 de VE3GNO Daniel
________________________________ From: Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 1:50:14 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TS-590S Audio/Rob Sherwood Steve, Depending on where you're located, we may be able to find a K3 owner willing to let you have a listen to their radio. Many of our customers seem to love giving demos :) If you're interested, please contact Lisa ([email protected]). 73, Wayne N6KR On Jun 7, 2013, at 9:25 AM, Crownhaven <[email protected]> wrote: > Has Elecraft made any progress towards repairing the ugly audio that Rob > Sherwood discusses in his presentation. This is the only thing that keeps me > from buying or trying a K3 at this point. My hearing is limited and the ears > are very finicky about certain ranges. Unfortunately, I don't have access to > a K3 to play with at this point. > > Thanks! > > Steve > _________ ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
