At Pacificon 2017 eighteen months ago, I pressed one of the Elecraft sales people very hard about a K4 introduction. He admitted that they are working on the K4, but would not say anything about timing or content/performance.
Remember that Elecraft worked on the KPA1500 for 10+ years before it was introduced. It could easily be 5 years before we see a K4. In the meantime, the K3s line is still by far the best amateur radio system in the world from the perspective of combined performance, flexibility, and value. Why would you want a K4? For the eye candy and convenience of a big, full color, touch screen display? So that you can feel good about having an RF-sampled SDR that provides little to no improvement in real world, useable, performance? So you can brag about "Pure Signal" distortion compensated transmission? Because you want access to the receiver I and Q channels? I am tired of discussing a potential K4. If you need the best new station at the best value, buy a K3s line. I made that decision 12 months ago. I find it hard to lust after any other equipment now. W9DBR Sent from my iPhone ______________________________________________________________ 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
