FWIW, I am betting on the K4 and have fully pre-paid the estimate on the K4D.
If it comes out to cost more in the end, so be it. I love my K3 & the K3s because of their wonderful brilliance, how could I not possibly go for the K4 knowing the mentality behind the brand? Personally, I wish I had an iota of the necessary mojo to create such a radio. As I don't, I have faith in those who do. My 2 pence... 73, Gary KA1J > How much money would you like to bet? As much as Eric and Wayne? If > your assertion were true, no one would buy a Flex, or an Icom or a > FTDX-101. Hams love new stuff and there's a reason that Wayne and Eric > are willing to bet their actual money against your virtual money that > lots of ops will want a K4. If you've been following this list, people > have been asking for a replacement for the K3/K3S for a decade. I'm > pretty sure if Elecraft builds it, the customers will come. > > The K4 will likely have a cleaner signal than the K3S due to > predistortion. > > 73, > Scott N9AA > > > On 11/4/19 9:42 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > > > > I don't want to look like I'm beating a dead horse so this will be > > my last comment on the subject, but my point was that I don't think > > very many contest stations or DXpeditions are going to sell their > > K3s rigs to buy a K4 (I don't see a compelling reason for them to do > > so), so I'm not sure how much value there is in it being a 12 volt > > rig even if the price range is similar. If anyone views that > > differently I'd like to hear their reasoning. > > > > And I'd bet a lot of money that most contesters or DXpedition > > operators would be glued to their laptop screens and punching > > keyboard buttons instead of watching the LCD display on the rig. I > > know that I have operated entire major contests without ever > > touching anything except the tuning knob on my K3. Everything else > > I need to do is controllable from N1MM+. > > > > The capability for future features could of course prove me wrong on > > both accounts, but for now it just doesn't seem to me that they > > would likely override the immediate value in having a significantly > > cleaner signal. Clearly Elecraft has made their choice, for better > > or for worse. > > > > Done now. ;) > > > > 73, > > Dave AB7E > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
