Oh, that's great to hear, congrats on the progress! On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Julie, > > We did recently port the build environment to a new system that does > compiles in about 30 seconds rather than 10 minutes, so there's hope. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM Julia Tuttle <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Wayne et al, >> >> I'm quite happy with my KX3, and I think it fits nicely into your product >> line, but I'd feel a lot better about ongoing sales if you resurrected the >> firmware build and made a few of the small changes people are looking for >> -- I'm still hoping for SMTR MD to be finished! >> >> 73, >> >> Julie >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM Wayne Burdick via Elecraft < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Rick, >>> >>> Thanks for your input. >>> >>> While a mid-level radio between the KX3 and K4 is an interesting idea, >>> for >>> the foreseeable future that radio is still the KX3. We intentionally >>> designed it as "chameliod" system, adaptable to many operating scenarios >>> -- >>> take the radio itself out to a picnic table, add a KXPA100 for mobile at >>> 100 W, and add the PX3 for home use. >>> >>> At a presentation once I showed a slide of the K3 next to the KX1. I said >>> the K3 met the KX1 at a bar, they got drunk, and 9 months later there was >>> the KX3 :-) This is utterly non-PC now, of course, but you get the >>> idea: >>> we _do_ like thinking about hybrid products. >>> >>> Keep those ideas coming. >>> >>> 73, >>> Wayne >>> N6KR >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 12:22 PM Richard Pedowski via Elecraft < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Good afternoon, >>> > >>> > Given the recent announcement regarding the K4HD and the upcoming price >>> > increase in May, I believe this presents an opportunity for Elecraft to >>> > reintroduce a model positioned between the KX3 and the K4 series. >>> > >>> > Based on the K4HD module description, it seems to feature a modernized >>> K3S >>> > front-end (synthesizer, filters, mixer, etc.). By combining this with >>> the >>> > KX3’s DSP and the K4’s PA, Elecraft could create a strong candidate >>> for a >>> > 'K3S MKII.' This would also create a 'unified hardware platform' >>> allowing >>> > software development across all radios (a current example being the >>> > implementation of SSNR, which is unfortunately not available for the >>> > K3/K3S). >>> > >>> > Alternatively, the K3S MKII could be realized as a new DSP board >>> upgrade >>> > for existing K3/K3S units. >>> > >>> > So, just out of curiosity: Would you be interested in the K3S MKII, as >>> I >>> > am? >>> > >>> > 73 Rick, HB9TQU >>> > ______________________________________________________________ >>> > 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, Inc. >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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, Inc. > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
