I believe the K3 was manufactured from 2007 to 2015. In 2015 it was replaced by the K3S. If you purchased a K3, you had many years where you could add modules, upgrade the technology and have it serviced if/when needed. This was a great deal however if you purchased a K3S you may have only had a year or so of use before the transceiver became discontinued and the modules became unavailable.
John KK9A Rick Tavan N6XI wrote: What do you mean, David? The K3 had a nearly 15 year run as Elecraft's flagship transceiver and is still being serviced within the limits of parts availability. K3S was a mid-life update, not a new design. It had a few revised boards and they were available to retrofit to the earlier K3 units. Other updated boards came along prior to K3S and were also retrofittable. In my 60+ years of ham radio, the K3 stands out as the longest-living, most modular, most upgradeable radio of all, by a wide margin. I have no reason to expect anything less of K4. 73, /Rick N6XI ______________________________________________________________ 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
