Darrell And All,
No flame intended here, but just what do you expect to be done for the K2?
Remember, the K2 is not expandable like the K3. It did have some spare room
in the firmware initially, but I think much, if not most, of it has been
used up. Furthermore, the K2 had many, many years of being pretty much
center stage, so I think you can reasonably say the K2 is "mature", or at
least nearly so within it's range of possibilities. Sure, it can still be
improved in bits and pieces here and there, but not as dramatically as can
the K3. I think many of the significant improvements that could be made to
the K2 would require considerable reworking of the design, or at least the
physical properties in the K2. I may be dead wrong about this, but that is
certainly what I was led to believe by the folks at Elecraft themselves when
they first announced the K3. In other words, Elecraft was breaking out from
the limitations inherent in their own K2 design by initiating the K3. If
you have a thirst for some substantial increase in performance in your K2, I
think what you really need to a K3!
Dave W7AQK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Bellerive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Concern
Exactly one year ago today Wayne Burdick, N6KR, wrote:
"The K2 is an ongoing product that we'll be updating as time permits. As
you may know, we're not a large company, so our engineering resources
will be stretched at times."
I think that after a full year of K3 development, Wayne and the rest of
the
Elecraft R&D team should take a break from the K3 and go back to K2
development. And I'm sure those waiting on the KPA800 and KPA1500 would
like
to see some progress there too.
That should get the K3 whiners going. :=) <flame suit on>
73,
Darrell VA7TO K2 #5093
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Darrell Bellerive
Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
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