Unfortunately, this other kit requires removal of some of the options I already have (like battery).
I do have a K3 with 60m and 6m capability. Still, it would have been cool to add this option. On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 7:05 AM Bill Coleman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 < > [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > 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:[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] > > > > > > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [email protected] > > > 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:[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] > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > -+-+-+-+- > > > Jenny Everywhere's Infinite: Quark Time > > > http://quarktime.net > > > > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [email protected] > > 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:[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] > > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [email protected] > 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:[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, Clark, WU4B QRPARCI #10815 SKCC #3892 NAQCC #5055 CWOPS #1869 Collins Collectors #AC90-12432 Southeastern DX Club <http://www.sedxc.org> North Georgia QRP Club <http://www.nogaqrp.org> *"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less."* *Attributed to *William of Occam (1288 AD - 1348 AD) ______________________________________________________________ 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]
