Correct on both counts. Trust me, as the designer of both the K1 and KX1 I have a soft spot for them and would love to bring them back. But several of the critical parts became impossible to source, and a substantial redesign would be required to work around them.
The good news: the KX2 is soooo much more radio, in a smaller package. We had to go through the K1 and KX1 to get to the KX2, and we're not looking back :) 73, Wayne N6KR > On Jun 6, 2019, at 10:49 AM, rich hurd WC3T <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought the retirement of the K1 was due to parts being rendered as > unobtanium, which would more or less demand a redesign; would it not? > > On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 1:28 PM Dan Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> With the K1 talk I would like to propose, a thousand of us give a 50% >> deposit on a new run. I’m not asking for a redesign, just one with updated >> parts so they can resume manufacturing. I don’t see a need for the KX1, we >> have a KX2. >> A K1 would provide us with a through hole kit. I would not have to invest >> the time or expense in building a K2. I could leave it stashed in my >> pickup. It’s a fun little radio. >> >> 73, Dan KM6CQ >> -- >> Sent from my iPhone X >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > -- > 72, > Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 > Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting > Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: > *FN20is* > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
