There’s also another, similar kit, the TIK2: http://01895fa.netsolhost.com/PDF/Manuals/TIK2.pdf
> On Sep 12, 2019, at 6:59 PM, Harry Yingst <hlyin...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Downeast Microwaver already did that > > Look Here http://01895fa.netsolhost.com/PDF/Manuals/EKTI.pdf > > From this page https://www.downeastmicrowave.com/articles.asp?ID=252 > > > > > > On Thursday, September 12, 2019, 06:56:07 AM EDT, Bill Coleman > <aa...@arrl.net> wrote: > > > Gwen, > > You missed the point. They DISCONTINUED the K60XV because they could no > longer obtain the bottom-adjustment trimmer caps. > > Wayne suggested someone could design a new board that just had the XV part of > the kit. > > What I’m saying is that the existing board would work just fine for the XV > part of the kit. Since Elecraft CANNOT supply all of the 60m parts, since > some of them are no longer available, why not just sell a re-branded kit that > just has the XV parts. > > There is NO liability concern, since the rebranded kit works just as > advertised. > > I’ve encountered many, many electronic products in my lifetime where a single > board is variously populated with parts, depending on the features present. > > I spent a little bit of time looking at the K60XV schematic, and it looks > like the 60m component is about 10 or so parts > > > On Sep 11, 2019, at 10:02 PM, Gwen Patton <ard...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Bill, > > It's not just a matter of deciding to sell the thing without a few parts. > > Manufacturing and distributing hardware, whether pre-assembled or in kit > > form, takes a LOT of work. > > Check out this video from Dave Jones at the EEVBlog on the economics of > > manufacturing your own hardware: https://youtu.be/UwrkfHadeQQ There's also > > a long thread on his forum: > > https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-887-the-economics-of-selling-hardware/ > > > > I strongly recommend Dave's Youtube channel and his forum for information > > about electronics. If you're in the industry, maybe you've already run into > > it. I hope the video I linked helps clarify why it's not just a matter of > > putting out a kit or product "without the 60m parts". (I wouldn't even want > > to know the product liability side of distributing a product missing some > > parts because they're no longer available. That sounds like a lawsuit > > waiting to happen.) > > > > 73, > > Gwen, NG3P (who in no way works for Elecraft, and is just putting in her 2 > > cents worth) > > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 6:21 PM Bill Coleman <aa...@arrl.net> 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. > > > > > On Aug 27, 2019, at 1:32 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > > > > > > The high-value, low-temperature-coefficient trimmer capacitors leveraged > > > in the design are no longer available. Unfortunately we don't have staff > > > available to redesign the board to do it in another way, and demand is > > > low. > > > > > > The transverter interface by itself could live on a smaller board. > > > Schematics are available if someone would like to home-roll a > > > replacement. We could supply small quantities of the programmed PIC16C621 > > > that runs the module (cost TBD). > > > > > > 73, > > > Wayne > > > N6KR > > > > > > > > >> On Aug 27, 2019, at 9:13 AM, Neil Zampella <ne...@techie.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> FWIW .. this question is for Wayne or Eric, could the K60XV be > > >> redesigned using currently available components, or perhaps something > > >> that would allow easy use of the transverters? > > >> > > >> Neil, KN3ILZ > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > 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 aa...@arrl.net > > > > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa...@arrl.net > > Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com > > Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" > > -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 ard...@gmail.com > > > > > > -- > > > > -+-+-+-+- > > Jenny Everywhere's Infinite: Quark Time > > http://quarktime.net > > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa...@arrl.net > Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com > Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" > -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 hlyin...@yahoo.com Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa...@arrl.net Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ______________________________________________________________ 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
