Several people asked if anything had been/was going to be announced at Visalia. I asked at the Elecraft booth, and the answer was "not here, but soon -- stay tuned".
They are definitely working on something, but whatever it is they are doing a good job of keeping it secret. I noticed that the new K3's have what appears to be an improved finish on the sheet-metal parts, compared to my serial no. 0007. I also met K0PP and his XYL and admired her soft carrying cases for Elecraft radios. I was impressed by a huge prop-pitch rotor at one of the exhibits. I commented that my dream was to have an antenna big enough need such a monster. "Move to Finland" was the answer. I also looked at the Yaesu and Icom radios. Icom has very nice displays. I am hoping that Elecraft will produce a stand-alone panadapter as cool. Yaesu's FTDX9000 evoked one feeling: excess! You really have to see it in person to 'appreciate' (or not) the array of knobs and buttons. The front panel is vast. I saw a neat little SPE MOSFET linear amplifier which included power supply and autotuner in a box the size of two K3's. I think it was rated at 900w CW, but at $3850 I am sticking with my SB1000. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco ______________________________________________________________ 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
