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WHAT’S NEW

lecraft introduced its newest flagship transceiver, the K4, at the 2019 Dayton Hamvention®. The new K4 has taken many of the best features of the K3 and P4 line of transceivers and blended them with a top-of-the-line SDR and a large touch screen for ease of use. Elecraft noticed the recent revolution in direct sampling and SDRs; however, rather than rush out a new transceiver, it took the best ideas, tested them, and quietly merged them into a new kind of

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