I'd love a matching panadaptor kit for my K2 ! Brian Denley KB1VBF Sent from my iPad
> On Feb 12, 2017, at 3:11 PM, Kevin - K4VD <ke...@k4vd.net> wrote: > > Hey Harry... I hope you don't mind if I toss another idea out there. It has > to do with a conversation going on in another forum I'm part of and thought > it might make an interesting addition to your thoughts. > > I do not believe the homebrew spirit of Amateur Radio is dead. I do believe > that there has been somewhat of a shift in thinking. As much a part of any > ham radio station today I think software falls right in there with > antennas, tuners and transceivers. > > What if, instead of buying a hardware kit, you could buy the components of > software. Maybe some brilliant programmers can put together the building > blocks of the next great logging or PSK-31 terminal program? These > entrepreneurial programmers put together "kits" that you and I could key in > to something free like Visual Studio or whatever the current Linux or Apple > environment is. Along with the keying in, the programmers are guiding us > through the software from maybe simple how-to-program to more complex how > to interface with a certain rig's API. > > I like to think that today's keyboard is equivalent to yesterday's > soldering iron. Both are responsible for the start of a lot of creativity. > > Just a thought. > > 73, > Kev K4VD > > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft < > elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > >> For me a large part of the enjoyment of Amateur radio is the process of >> building the radios and accessories. >> >> I tend to like kits because all the truly hard work making the board >> punching and painting the case etc has been done for me and I get the fun >> of building it and then using something that I have built. >> >> I would love to see an updated version of the K2 as a full kit, but that >> leaves me wondering is there really a market for full kits? >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@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 arch...@mail-archive.com
