Eric what everyone at Elecraft has done has been incredible to say the least.
I would love to see these added features or upgrades to the K3. 1. I would like to see a squelch that works on SSB Voice and not be so sensitive in other modes. In other words sometimes I really have to "play" with it to get it just right (in other modes). On SSB it does not work well at all, IMHO. 2. Many of the people I know would like the "AM Sync" as soon as possible. 3. One of the best "Short Wave" radios for this day and time! 4. Kenwood makes/made a remote head that you could purchase as an accessory for the Kenwood TS-2000. This way you could put the K3 wherever and have a small remote head on you dash. The Kenwood connected via a CAT-5 (RJ-45 ?) phone jack. This would be so nice to have. A medium/large radio with a small remote head as an option. 5. For us who have purchased the K3 assembled it would be great if there was a manual that would show you how to take it "back" apart with pictures, labels, and all for servicing. Thanks Again For A Great Radio, Rick -- Serial Number 2834 Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > > Wow! I go off-line for the weekend and everyone goes crazy. Must have > been a slow news weekend, or just poor propagation on HF.. :-) > > I see there is a lot of misunderstanding out there on what is already > here, or is coming soon, so I'd like to clarify a few items. > > > 1. TX/RX EQ = OFF in digital modes will be implemented in within the > next couple of releases. > > 2. RX active while manually tuning through memories will also be > implemented shortly, within the next couple of releases. > > 3. AM Sync is actively being completed. We have an internal version in > the test lab and we should have a beta version out soon. It turns out > this was not a simple task. > > 4. The TCXO-1 actually turns out to meet 0.5 ppm over the commercial > temp range. We were over conservative in our initial public specs on > this item - It already met this without additional calibration. > > We are also testing a future version of K3Utility that lets you enter > temp correction values for a further increase in accuracy, but I'm not > sure how quickly this will be released. > > > As a general comment, we have a very specific prioritized list of items > that we are working on for the K3. some we've talked about, some we > haven't. And some are internal items to improve manufacturing yield, > etc. We certainly do pay attention to the list comments and requests, > but we do not jump back and forth each week trying to meet new requests > at the expense of others. Some times it conveniently works out that we > are already about to implement something requested on the email list, or > that it is trivial to add quickly. That's why you might see it pop up > shortly after a list discussion. Also, while it may seem like we have > not responded to your specific request, it does not mean we have ignored > it. We get so many varied requests that there is no way to satisfy all > of them, but we do write them down and we periodically meet and > re-prioritize those items that are doable. > > Wayne and I both feel strongly that a lot of our success is due to our > company's responsiveness to your product ideas and requests. We see our > major products, like the K3, as a continually evolving and improving in > response to customer feedback. We're constantly amazed at the breadth of > applications that you are using the K3 for. From Rag Chewing, DXing, > QRP, Contesting, SO2R, Moon-bounce and Data modes to ESSB, each user > community has a wide range of uses and requests. We can't do everything, > but we do make careful attempts to add the most useful requested > features over time. We'll never meet everything requested - there just > isn't that much development time or microprocessor memory available. But > we'll strive to make the K3 as good as it can be. > > Its impossible for us to guess the many ways our products, like the K3, > will get used up front, so we make our best effort to get a good core > set of features into the product at initial release, and then we iterate > and improve in response to your feedback over the life of the product. > We hope that approach keeps our products fresh and fun to use over their > life, and that it keeps us ahead of our competition :-) > > 73, Eric WA6HHQ > > > > . > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Upcoming-K3-features-tp3690118p3725333.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
