There are a few of those around now. Of course they have varying capabilities relative to SMD. A buddy of mine just recently had a K3 repaired by N3CZ over in North Carolina. He turned it in a few weeks.
73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb > On May 1, 2022, at 17:40, Mike Flowers <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is a business opportunity here for someone with the HF transceiver > diagnostic and SMD replacement skills and equipment. > > Someone who does excellent Elecraft service work at reasonable prices would > never want for business. And if the work is of consistently high enough > quality, perhaps Elecraft would designate them as an Authorized Service > Center. > > Low fruit, just waiting to be picked by the right person(s) ... > > - 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, NCDXC Vice-President 2021-2022 - In pursuit > of DXCELLENCE! > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <elecraft- >> [email protected]> On Behalf Of Nate Bargmann >> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2022 13:42 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Sherwood Receiver Tests >> >> * On 2022 01 May 14:52 -0500, David Gilbert wrote: >>> >>> The K3s and the K3 with new synths aren't "dead ends". >> >> I agree with Chuck that the K3 series are dead ends in the sense that no > more >> development effort will be put into them. Sad but true. There are some >> aspects that I'd like to see improved in the firmware but it simply is not > going >> to happen. As fine of a radio as my K3 is, Elecraft has moved on. That > is the >> reality. >> >> It is also a reality that my K3 continues to perform as well as it ever > has and >> has provided me with years of trouble free enjoyment. >> >> 73, Nate, N0NB >> >> -- >> "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. > The >> pessimist fears this is true." >> Web: https://www.n0nb.us >> Projects: https://github.com/N0NB >> GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819 >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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]
