Personally, I find this thread a bit silly. Anyone who
thinks ANY radio won't be subject to improvement along the
way is smoking something! The alternative is to wait until
a model is near the end of it's life cycle, in which case
there will be a "new and improved" model coming out shortly!
At least with Elecraft you have a 90% chance of being able
to upgrade yourself if it's really that critical. All you
have to do is look at the K2 to confirm that fact. And I
don't think Elecraft is hiding anything about changes
either. A lot of this stuff has been mentioned in postings
here on the reflector, but that means you have to pay
attention. Besides, I think some of these at least may not
have been highlighted on the Elecraft website because they
are still tinkering with them. I don't blame Elecraft at
all for not waiving a red flag until they have an
appropriate solution figured out. I challenge anyone to
show me a manufacturer who has been more open than Elecraft
about issues/enhancements and how to solve them.
Dave W7AQK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thom LaCosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Vic K2VCO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: "secret" hardware changes?
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Vic K2VCO wrote:
There's an IMD mod to the Hardware AGC circuit. It is not
complicated and can be done with leaded components (or
SMT) in a few minutes. I do not know if it has been added
to production radios yet or if the ARRL's unit has it.
For those of us that can not build, hardware updates and
not a simple matter...and sending it back to Aptos is a
financial burden.
And so, one of the costs of being an eary adopter who
doesn't build is sending things back to Aptos.
The real question for me is how many other hardware
changes that can be done in a few minutes will come up
during the warranty period.
73 k3hrn
Blessed be those with a target on the back of their
shirts, for they shall be
called pioneers.
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