Some time ago, maybe December 2015 (?), the QS1R designer Phil Covington posted on the QS1R_SDRMAX Yahoo group that a new version was in the works. As I recall, he reported that he had been in bad health for quite a while but that it was improving. The new model was to be better and less expensive. I just looked through some of the old posts and could not find his posting but there were a lot of posts from others asking him for details. Maybe someone can find that original posting - I think it was in the middle of a thread. It would sure be interesting if it gets produced eventually, most current QS1R owners seem very pleased with it!