Bill, Before this "idea" gets too far, let's look at the practical side of it.
You are forgetting the resources required to do that - there is still work to design the kit, test it, and write the assembly and test instructions. Firmware would have to be re-written to remove the band switch to 60 meters. Then when all that has happened, write the BOM documents and the ECO. Board design is only a small part of the total required effort.
I am certain all available Elecraft resources are being absorbed by "putting the wrappings on the K4", and there are none available to do those tasks.
Even though the same board could be used, it is still a design effort to release such a kit. For those experimenters who are enterprising, I am certain they could "roll their own" - and maybe even could use the raw K60XV board from Elecraft as long as stock is available. The part of the K60XV schematic to add just the transverter interface parts is easy to extract from the K60XV schematic. If you don't know how to follow a schematic, a bit of learning may be required.
73, Don W3FPR On 9/11/2019 5:18 PM, Bill Coleman wrote:
Here’s a radical idea. Why not just sell the K60XV, minus the 60m parts? That way, no one has to design a new board. You could call it the K—XV, where the 60 part has been subtracted.
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