While I appreciate the sentiments, I don't think we'd want to authorize a clone of the K1. In addition to the copyrighted PCBs, there's a lot of IP in the firmware needed to run the radio, band modules, ATU, etc.
Wayne N6KR > > >> On Jun 7, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Glen Torr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Petr, >> >> If their are lots of us interested we could do a replica. I do PCBs and PIC >> programming for a radio telescope (part time, I am an old fart). >> >> Is this doable? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Glen VK1FB >> >>> On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 8:16 pm, Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> check the price of rare K1 on eBay. K1 goes still so extremely high (if >>> some >>> K1 is available) on the auctions that it definitely shows how K1 is wanted >>> and valued even another radios like KX2, KX1 etc. are on the market! try to >>> thinking with coffee in hands "why...?" >>> >>> K1 is on of the most quiet receiver at all and several time it listenning >>> better then SDR radios with modern s/w features. Believe me, I have K3, >>> KX3, >>> K2, SST, Wilderness Sierra and few K1s and I am using all of them >>> intensively so I know what I am talking about... >>> >>> I am pretty sure that there is much more then "just" thousand of hams ready >>> to buy it but I do not believe that someone in Elecraft will spend time >>> with >>> K1 resumption. Most of parts is obsolete (PA, driver, T/R, relays, IOs etc. >>> so it must be re-worked completey with new parts (not redesigned...!) >>> and it is time consumtion with no long time business vision model. >>> >>> ...but just in case > I am in 997 to go. :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> 73 - Petr, OK1RP >>> "Apple & Elecraft freak" >>> B:http://ok1rp.blogspot.com >>> MeWe: https://bit.ly/2HGPoDx >>> MeWe: https://bit.ly/2FmwvDt >>> -- >>> Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
