Of course they will continue to support those who like to build things. At some point we are all going to have to embrace surface mount components simply because tradiotional parts will be difficult to get. It is not so bad, I now find repairing surface mount projects easier than through hole ones.
The K3 is simply too advanced to be home built by most people and I understnd why it is more of an assembly kit than a solering kit. There is still the K2 available, the transverters and the new W2 power meter. Once you have exausted Elecraft there are many other things to build - for example equipment for the microwave bands from DEMI, Linear amplifiers from CCI, network analysers from SDR-Kits and many others. I don't think the oportunities for amateur kit building have ever been as good as they are at the moment. Mike Brett Gazdzinski wrote: > > I hope Elecraft continues to make new kits, not the screw it together type > like the K3, but the kits you build from a big pile of parts. > After all, the surface mount stuff will kill any real kit building before > you know it, and I have built all the Elecraft kits, some twice. > > Brett > N2DTS > > _________ > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/New-Elecraft-stuff...-tp2942913p2943267.html Sent from the Elecraft 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
