Elecraft at Dayton
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Hi Everyone,
I got back from Dayton late last night after seeing all the sights at the Hamvention including the 'Three Amigos of Ham Radio' (You have to have seen them to believe it! Dressed in full Mexican garb!) and Steve with the 'Helmet Tower'. Lots of fun. The Elecraft booth was a wall to wall crush all during the show with the K3 being one of if not the most popular rig of the entire event. Wayne, Eric, Tom and others were continuously demonstrating the K3 to the multitudes wire to wire. (IMO attendance at the Elecraft, Ten Tec and Flex booths seemed to surpass the Japanese Big Three IMO. It's great to see America back in the hf rig business big time.) The second receiver was fully demo'ed by Wayne and will be worth the wait! Elecraft has achieved virtual total isolation between both receivers up to incredible signal strength levels. An S9+60db signal on the main receiver is not heard at all on the sub receiver at all. All of this being done with the same IF frequency for both receivers. NO ONE has done that before in a modern ham transceiver. It's very slickly packaged in the K3 as well. The versatility it will bring to this radio is without peer. Eric commented that the sales of K3 this Dayton surpassed the 2007 show considerably. He seemed a bit surprised. He shouldn't be. I told one guy on the plane ride out that I was running a K3 and then had an three row audience and Q&A session for the entire ride out to Dayton. (I just sold my Pro III and am glad I did!) Those of you wanting a panadapter to add to the K3 will be happy to hear that Larry N8LP at TelePost demonstrated his LP-PAN. It is a superb after-market addition to the K3. I suspect he will be selling all he can build for the time to come based on the crowds at his booth. Finally, I lobbied Eric about looking at the KPA1500 and KPA800 amp project once again and while being politely non-committal about their future, I suspect that those of you harboring any interest in them, should let Eric know your thoughts as he is listening right now! In the mean time, Tokyo High Power has introduced a 22 lb amp for dxpeditions putting out 600w with a 100 to 250 variable voltage switching power supply in a small footprint case with a handle. Really neat! Be listening for that on on dxpeditions in the near future. The Hara is still a dump and it only sprinkled on Friday. All in all a really good time! If you haven't been to Dayton, plan on going once in the near future. Nothing lasts forever, them or us! 73 de N1LQ-Dave _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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From: "David and Dianne on Comcast" <[hidden email]> > An S9+60db signal on the main receiver is not heard at all on the sub > receiver at all. Erm - can you give an example? My tired brain doesn't understand. Simple Simon _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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>> An S9+60db signal on the main receiver is not heard at all on the sub
>> receiver at all. > > Erm - can you give an example? My tired brain doesn't understand. A really strong signal being received on one receiver does not "bleed through" to the other receiver, even though they share the exact same I.F. > Simple Simon Loquacious Lyle _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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OK, I understand (just)!
I guess I'll bite the bullet and pay for one on Monday - I would like to monitor two portions of 20m at the same time. Currently using my very capable TS-480SAT on 20m PSK / RTTY, must crank up the K3 :-) I assume that I can use the same antenna for both receivers? Simon Brown, HB9DRV -------------------------------------------------- From: "Lyle Johnson" <[hidden email]> > > A really strong signal being received on one receiver does not "bleed > through" to the other receiver, even though they share the exact same I.F. > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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> I would like to monitor two portions of 20m at the same time...
> > I assume that I can use the same antenna for both receivers? Yes, at least with the KAT3 installed. I've not looked at a K3 +KRX3 configuration without a KAT3. 73, Lyle KK7P _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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> Finally, I lobbied Eric about looking at the KPA1500 and KPA800 amp
> project once again and while being politely non-committal about their > future, I suspect that those of you harboring any interest in them, > should let Eric know your thoughts as he is listening right now! Hear! Hear! I've been slowly assembling some QRO gear to go with my K2, and I would love to have something that is completely integrated with the AUXBUS and works as well as the KPA100/KAT100 combination. I'd be especially keen on a KPA800 that I could drive with just the barefoot K2; my KPA100 is in an external cabinet. The QRO gear lives at our vacation QTH; my main rig there is a K1 (not hooked to the amp) and I take the K2 with me on contest weekends. I like being able to pack up *just* the K2. 73 de chris K6DBG _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Hallo Eric & Reflector,
>> Finally, I lobbied Eric about looking at the KPA1500 and KPA800 amp >> project once again and while being politely non-committal about their >> future, I suspect that those of you harboring any interest in them, >> should let Eric know your thoughts as he is listening right now! An exchange between Wayne and myself back on K3 Announcement Day: DD5FZ> 4) Is the K3 available with an optional KPA1500? hi hi Wayne> Don't we wish :) Wayne> Wayne> Most engineering staff members were redirected to the Wayne> K3 project, which actually started before the amp, and Wayne> which we decided should be finished first. But we'll go Wayne> back to the amp as time permits. Sorry, can't give you Wayne> a date.... Oh yes, I still do wish.... vy 73 de toby -- DD5FZ (ex 4n6fz, dj7mgq, dg5mgq, dd5fz) K2 #885 K2/100 #3248 K3/100 #67 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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KPA1500 would be nice.
-----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Toby Deinhardt Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 5:17 PM To: Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft; [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Elecraft at Dayton Hallo Eric & Reflector, >> Finally, I lobbied Eric about looking at the KPA1500 and KPA800 amp >> project once again and while being politely non-committal about their >> future, I suspect that those of you harboring any interest in them, >> should let Eric know your thoughts as he is listening right now! An exchange between Wayne and myself back on K3 Announcement Day: DD5FZ> 4) Is the K3 available with an optional KPA1500? hi hi Wayne> Don't we wish :) Wayne> Wayne> Most engineering staff members were redirected to the Wayne> K3 project, which actually started before the amp, and Wayne> which we decided should be finished first. But we'll go Wayne> back to the amp as time permits. Sorry, can't give you Wayne> a date.... Oh yes, I still do wish.... vy 73 de toby -- DD5FZ (ex 4n6fz, dj7mgq, dg5mgq, dd5fz) K2 #885 K2/100 #3248 K3/100 #67 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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