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Looking at the manual, it looks like building the K3 is going
to be really fun! I think you get the really fun part of building, without the endless soldering in of .01 caps and so on.... I always liked the winding and mounting of toroids, mounting of the chips and transistors and other parts, only the (seemingly) endless installation of caps and resistors got old after an hour or two... The only thing that bugs me is it looks from the pictures like the K3 uses the same (no fidelity) speaker as the K2. Wonderful, like old heathkits, that you can take the entire radio apart to fix a problem easy, any problem, and have instructions on how to do so. It looks like there is a lot of extra room inside the K3, unlike any of the other brand rigs. Brett N2DTS _______________________________________________ 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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Brett i wrote:
>he only thing that bugs me is it looks from the pictures like >the K3 uses the same (no fidelity) speaker as the K2. ( love that name Brett.... same as my own boy !!) as far as "NO FIDELITY" same as K2 speaker... that speaker plays VERY loud for little input...good choice. Not to deprive anyone, there are line out jacks for the MacIntosh power amp and JBL Paragon if you want more punch & bottom end..... http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/paragon.htm did you know JBL made a K2 also,,,,, http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/k2.htm ken will like these pictures !!!! tick tick tick bill _______________________________________________ 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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<[hidden email]> wrote ... >The only thing that bugs me is it looks from the pictures like >the K3 uses the same (no fidelity) speaker as the K2. There's nothing wrong with the K2 speaker, Brett. Mine seems ideal for communications purposes. You can always plug in your hi-fi speaker if you want to use ESSB. Provided the K3 speaker is not as bad as the one in the K1, it'll do for me. 73 -- David G4DMP Leeds, England, UK ------ _______________________________________________ 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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> The only thing that bugs me is it looks from the pictures like > the K3 uses the same (no fidelity) speaker as the K2. This is a different speaker. But both the K2 speaker and the K3's are rated at 5 watts, are extremely sensitive (95 dB SPL), and have large magnets (shielded in the K3). No other internal speaker would perform better in this application -- I evaluated about a dozen of them. Acoustics, amplifier characteristics, and filter bandwidths all contribute to the sound. In the case of the K3, the enclosure is larger, there's a new amplifier IC with very low distortion, 8-band receive EQ, and a much wider range of IF and DSP bandwidths. We also plan to offer an external, front-facing speaker in the future, possibly with an optional power supply. 73, Wayne N6KR --- 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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-----Original Message----- From: Brett gazdzinski <[hidden email]> >Looking at the manual, it looks like building the K3 is going >to be really fun! Just like every other Elecraft product..... >I think you get the really fun part of building, without the endless >soldering in of .01 caps and so on.... Hey! I like soldering! >I always liked the winding and mounting of toroids, mounting >of the chips and transistors and other parts, only the (seemingly) endless >installation of caps and resistors got old after an hour or two... I always found it relaxing. But then I like to line up all the color codes and capacitor labels up the same way, too.... >The only thing that bugs me is it looks from the pictures like >the K3 uses the same (no fidelity) speaker as the K2. Simple fix: External speaker. >Wonderful, like old heathkits, that you can take the entire radio >apart to fix a problem easy, any problem, and have instructions on >how to do so. Just like every other Elecraft product..... And you'll be able to get factory-direct parts and technical support. >It looks like there is a lot of extra room inside the K3, unlike >any of the other brand rigs. None of that is "extra" room. It's all there for a reason. You watch - there will be some neat stuff for that space. The folks at Elecraft probably haven't even thought some of it up yet. 73 de Jim, N2EY ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.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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