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Just not enough power.
--- On Thu, 5/19/11, Phil Hystad <[hidden email]> wrote: > From: Phil Hystad <[hidden email]> > Wes, > > Add a KPA500 to your setup. It gives you all you ask > for: easier (aka quicker) band switching, very simple > display (interpret as nicer), FET finals, and definitely > enough weight. > > 73, phil, K7PEH ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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G'day All,
I have managed to remain awake awaiting more info from Dayton!! Anyone in Dayton have some further info or pics??! Regards Brendon VK8FQRP |
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Not enough power and way too many bucks.
On another subject, why do you guys all buy QRP, limited function radios and then wish to add a 100 watt amp? And another subject, no one has commented on the thread that was going on about improving the DSP NR etc for the K3, and the fact that the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer better chip?? Leaves the K3 owners kinda out to dry dont it? Kinda the stuff that we always criticize YeaComWood for doing when a new model came out and the old one could not be updated? Or is a K4 around? Just asking, Merv K9FD/KH6 > Just not enough power. > > --- On Thu, 5/19/11, Phil Hystad<[hidden email]> wrote: > > >> From: Phil Hystad<[hidden email]> >> > >> Wes, >> >> Add a KPA500 to your setup. It gives you all you ask >> for: easier (aka quicker) band switching, very simple >> display (interpret as nicer), FET finals, and definitely >> enough weight. >> >> 73, phil, K7PEH >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 05/20/11 09:03, Merv Schweigert wrote:
> On another subject, why do you guys all buy QRP, limited > function radios and then wish to add a 100 watt amp? It's the easy-payment plan for full power. Spend some now, some more later. A QRP rig with an external amp can be a full-power base station _or_ a highly portable QRP rig. 73, Wayne Conrad (soaking in morse code for healthy skin) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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<quote author="Merv Schweigert">
Not enough power and way too many bucks. Too much power... only want a max of 150 watts out (considered LP in some contests);o) On another subject, why do you guys all buy QRP, limited function radios and then wish to add a 100 watt amp? Sometimes I run QRP, sometimes I run LP in contests... usually run LP when chasing new ones, but not always. And another subject, no one has commented on the thread that was going on about improving the DSP NR etc for the K3, and the fact that the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer better chip?? Leaves the K3 owners kinda out to dry dont it? Kinda the stuff that we always criticize YeaComWood for doing when a new model came out and the old one could not be updated? Or is a K4 around? I won't feel left out with my K3s, same as I didn't feel left out with my K2... The KX3 will have it's place. Until specifications are published and verified, everything else is pure speculation. Don't think one could place Elecraft in the same class as other manufacturers when it comes to upgrades, or service. Elecraft IMHO is miles above the rest. They have always come through for me quickly and without any fuss. If they had stock, I'd buy! Hope you're doing well Merv. 72/3, Julius Making a better tomorrow, tomorrow.
Julius Fazekas
N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3/100 |
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On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Merv Schweigert <[hidden email]> wrote:
> ...the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer > better chip... Maybe there'll be a retrofit for the K3. Tony KT0NY ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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My thoughts exactly.
Tim gm4lmh -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tony Estep" <[hidden email]> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 7:00 PM To: <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Something *really* new at Dayton from Elecraft > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Merv Schweigert <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> ...the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer >> better chip... > > > Maybe there'll be a retrofit for the K3. > > Tony KT0NY > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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The K3 Noise Blanker is a good candidate.
73, Dick - KA5KKT -------------------------------------------------- My thoughts exactly. Tim gm4lmh -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tony Estep" < <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> esteptony at gmail.com> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 7:00 PM To: < <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Something *really* new at Dayton from Elecraft > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Merv Schweigert < <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> k9fd at flex.com> wrote: > >> ...the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer >> better chip... > > > Maybe there'll be a retrofit for the K3. > > Tony KT0NY > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> Elecraft at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: <http://www.qsl.net> http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: <http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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You may be reading too much into Lyle's actual words: "The microcontroller is like, but not the same as, the one in the K3. The DSP is a new, 5th generation device designed for extremely low power consumption, yet with performance exceeding that of the one in the K3." Merv I believe Lyle is saying the DSP chip is new...not the firmware driving it. I believe the idea of the KX3 is to save development time and cost by porting the K3's DSP firmware to the KX3's DSP. The "performance" he refers to may be speed (in addition to lower power consumption), but I don't believe speed is a limiting factor in the K3's present DSP (but I could be wrong for timing issues such as QSK). BTW both DSPs are 32 bit so there's no difference there. 73, Bill |
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--- On Fri, 5/20/11, Merv Schweigert <[hidden email]> wrote:
> And another subject, no one has commented on the thread that > was going on about improving the DSP NR etc for the K3, and > the fact that the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer > better chip?? Leaves the K3 owners kinda out to dry dont it? When you purchase technology you get what's available at the time. The K3 is a snapshot of the best that was available when they designed it. Same with the K3X. Don't fault them for looking around and finding something better. If the new DSP chip happens to be a pin-for-pin, drop-in replacement for the existing chip then maybe you'll get lucky. We'll see. > Kinda the stuff that we always criticize YeaComWood for doing > when a new model came out and the old one could not be updated? Or is a K4 around? They probably don't deserve the criticism either. If you bought a new Chevy with a 200 hp engine, and the next year they'd managed to tweak another 20 hp out of the same engine would you take your car back to the dealer and demand they replace the engine for you? 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS Contentedly working DX with the stone-age DSP in my K2. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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The post-filter amp and second mixer are much better candidates. They are the weakest points in the whole radio. IMHO, of course :-)
Wes N7WS --- On Fri, 5/20/11, Edward Dickinson III <[hidden email]> wrote: > The K3 Noise Blanker is a good > candidate. > 73, > > Dick - KA5KKT > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > My thoughts exactly. > > > > Tim gm4lmh > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Tony Estep" < <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > esteptony at gmail.com> > > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 7:00 PM > > To: < <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > elecraft at > mailman.qth.net> > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Something *really* new at Dayton > from Elecraft > > > > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Merv Schweigert > < > <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > k9fd at flex.com> wrote: > > > > > >> ...the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and > newer > > >> better chip... > > > > > > > > > Maybe there'll be a retrofit for the K3. > > > > > > Tony KT0NY > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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The KX3 really looks interesting. Any comments on the availability of a Kit, and what level of assembly would be required/possible?
Thanks, Tom, KG3V |
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The "Official" word that I got is that they "hope" to have it out by the
end of the year. Doug -- K0DXV On 5/20/2011 6:55 PM, Tom KG3V wrote: > The KX3 really looks interesting. Any comments on the availability of a Kit, > and what level of assembly would be required/possible? > > Thanks, > > Tom, KG3V > > > -- > View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Something-really-new-at-Dayton-from-Elecraft-tp6380523p6388331.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:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Doesn't your speculation presume that all the noise reduction
functionality IS IN HARDWARE? Last I looked at the K3 functionality, all the NR is in PROGRAM CODE, not burned into hardware chips. Go read the schematic. And since Wayne has been good about keeping up K3 firmware, why would he code something new in the KX3 and not use the code and/or concept in the K3 to extend the product life? I smell analog thinking. Possibly if it does do something because more processing power is available, that's progress in the electronics industry, not some evil Elecraft conspiracy. AND retrofitting a newer CPU in existing equipment is extremely expensive. Upgraded circuit board, TWO paths of firmware development instead of one, etc, etc. Be careful when you compare Wayne to Yakencom. He REALLY does not deserve that. 73, Guy. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Merv Schweigert <[hidden email]> wrote: > And another subject, no one has commented on the thread that > was going on about improving the DSP NR etc for the K3, and > the fact that the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer > better chip?? Leaves the K3 owners kinda out to dry dont it? > Kinda the stuff that we always criticize YeaComWood for doing > when a new model came out and the old one could not be > updated? Or is a K4 around? > > > Just asking, Merv K9FD/KH6 > > >> Just not enough power. >> >> --- On Thu, 5/19/11, Phil Hystad<[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> >>> From: Phil Hystad<[hidden email]> >>> >> >>> Wes, >>> >>> Add a KPA500 to your setup. It gives you all you ask >>> for: easier (aka quicker) band switching, very simple >>> display (interpret as nicer), FET finals, and definitely >>> enough weight. >>> >>> 73, phil, K7PEH >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Wayne, Eric and the rest of the Elecraft crew, congratulations on your great
new transceiver. The new KX3 looks really neat and it has a couple of very nice features. The Dual watch is a feature I would really love to see on my K3 because I don't have a second receiver. Since there is a optional second receiver available for the K3 it will probably not be available for the K3. Now, I'm not a technical person but I'm just wandering if a feature like dual watch can be added to a K3 by a software update at all? ...A man can dream can't he? ;-) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Maarten, PD2R Member of the PI4DX contest group www.pi4dx.com Elecraft K3 nr:1849 |
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Why does everyone assume the K3 will be obsoleted by hardware? The
core of the K3 is a SDR which has continued to evolve with firmware upgrades. I would not count out the possibility of further improvement in the DSP sw. In time the basic processor will become obsolete. So maybe a replace cpu board could be done? Of course Elecraft might decide to abandon the K3 with an introduction of a K4, but they still make the K2 and KX1. What does that tell you? I think the Elecraft folks pride themselves in not abandoning their customers. 73, Ed - KL7UW BTW nicely done on the KX3! If it had 2m I could consider it replacing my FT-817, but it would have to be embedded inside the KX3. ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:00:13 -0500 From: Tony Estep <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Something *really* new at Dayton from Elecraft To: [hidden email] Message-ID: <[hidden email]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Merv Schweigert <[hidden email]> wrote: > ...the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer > better chip... Maybe there'll be a retrofit for the K3. Tony KT0NY 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-testing*, 3400-? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [hidden email] ====================================== ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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The KX3's DSP was selected primarily for its low power consumption. The use of this DSP in the KX3 has no effect on K3 DSP firmware development, which is ongoing. Just ask Lyle :)
Wayne N6KR ---- http://www.elecraft.com On May 21, 2011, at 4:07 AM, "Edward R. Cole" <[hidden email]> wrote: > Why does everyone assume the K3 will be obsoleted by hardware? The > core of the K3 is a SDR which has continued to evolve with firmware > upgrades. I would not count out the possibility of further > improvement in the DSP sw. > > In time the basic processor will become obsolete. So maybe a replace > cpu board could be done? > > Of course Elecraft might decide to abandon the K3 with an > introduction of a K4, but they still make the K2 and KX1. What does > that tell you? I think the Elecraft folks pride themselves in not > abandoning their customers. > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > BTW nicely done on the KX3! If it had 2m I could consider it > replacing my FT-817, but it would have to be embedded inside the KX3. > > ------------------------------ > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:00:13 -0500 > From: Tony Estep <[hidden email]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Something *really* new at Dayton from Elecraft > To: [hidden email] > Message-ID: <[hidden email]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Merv Schweigert <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> ...the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer >> better chip... > > > Maybe there'll be a retrofit for the K3. > > Tony KT0NY > > > > > > 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 > ====================================== > BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com > EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-testing*, 3400-? > DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [hidden email] > ====================================== > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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> Doesn't your speculation presume that all the noise reduction > functionality IS IN HARDWARE? Last I looked at the K3 functionality, > all the NR is in PROGRAM CODE, not burned into hardware chips. Nope not at all Guy, one thing if you program any at all you will find is you cannot speed up a chip or increase its capability with programming. If your out of speed and memory there is nothing in programming you can do about it, time to upgrade to a newer faster chip, so its a handshake between programming and the hardwares capability. > Go > read the schematic. And since Wayne has been good about keeping up K3 > firmware, why would he code something new in the KX3 and not use the > code and/or concept in the K3 to extend the product life? I smell > analog thinking. > No analog thinking at all, your are wrong. why would they do in a KX3 what cannot be updgraded to a K3? Because a K4 is on the line for one thing, and another could be to keep the company going, your going to have to buy a new radio every few years if you want E to continue. Every product has to have a limit and life end. They will continue to "upgrade" the K3 as much as possible I am sure and support it, but newer and better has to come along and sales have to continue. And better cheaper chips come along, why not use them? Whats wrong with that? > Possibly if it does do something because more processing power is > available, that's progress in the electronics industry, not some evil > Elecraft conspiracy. AND retrofitting a newer CPU in existing > equipment is extremely expensive. Upgraded circuit board, TWO paths > of firmware development instead of one, etc, etc. > You hit the nail on the head, expensive to upgrade, that will be the limiting factor with continued K3 updgrades, thats why I referred to a K4 and was asking if the newer chips etc were not a preview of things to come in another radio. Who said Elecraft was Evil?? you sure surmise a lot of things that are not said at all, I have never had a better company to deal with, I have no gripes at all. I am not anxious to see my K3 go to the "second best" pile I guess, if the K4 comes along and is better than my K3 that means I must buy another radio or settle for second best. If your a person who finally bit the bullet and bought a new K3 yesterday, and today they announcement comes out for a much improved K4, are you a happy camper?? But thats life. There are small "bugs" in the K3 I would like to see improved but afraid some are in hardware (not analog) that cannot be addressed at a cost that is bearable, the software ones can be addressed to some extent, if the "hardware" is capable of the speed and memory requirements. I am sure they will do what is possible for the money involved to keep the K3 going and up to date. The K3 is reaching the edge of the "hardwares" capability in a couple areas and I think its time for a K4 with increased speed in the "chips" and horsepower to overcome some of these problems. > Be careful when you compare Wayne to Yakencom. He REALLY does not > deserve that. > > Oh come on Guy, are you the overseer of Elecraft? the moderator of the list? are you going to send a couple of hit men from the east coast out here to find me? Dont threaten me with be careful, if anything I said offended Wayne he is certainly grown up and can defend himself, I have nothing but respect for him and the company, if not I would not own their product, go sit down and have another glass of Kool Aide and Kool off. Dont send any hit men out here please, we dont need any more shark bait, thats where they would end up. 73 Merv > 73, Guy. > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Merv Schweigert<[hidden email]> wrote: > >> And another subject, no one has commented on the thread that >> was going on about improving the DSP NR etc for the K3, and >> the fact that the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer >> better chip?? Leaves the K3 owners kinda out to dry dont it? >> Kinda the stuff that we always criticize YeaComWood for doing >> when a new model came out and the old one could not be >> updated? Or is a K4 around? >> >> >> Just asking, Merv K9FD/KH6 >> >> >> >>> Just not enough power. >>> >>> --- On Thu, 5/19/11, Phil Hystad<[hidden email]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: Phil Hystad<[hidden email]> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> Wes, >>>> >>>> Add a KPA500 to your setup. It gives you all you ask >>>> for: easier (aka quicker) band switching, very simple >>>> display (interpret as nicer), FET finals, and definitely >>>> enough weight. >>>> >>>> 73, phil, K7PEH >>>> >>>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Thanks Wayne, cleared that up fast, I read into the release info more
than what was there, sorry if I caused any confusion on that end. Sure stirred up the die hards at least. 73 Merv > The KX3's DSP was selected primarily for its low power consumption. The use of this DSP in the KX3 has no effect on K3 DSP firmware development, which is ongoing. Just ask Lyle :) > > Wayne > N6KR > > ---- > http://www.elecraft.com > > On May 21, 2011, at 4:07 AM, "Edward R. Cole"<[hidden email]> wrote: > > >> Why does everyone assume the K3 will be obsoleted by hardware? The >> core of the K3 is a SDR which has continued to evolve with firmware >> upgrades. I would not count out the possibility of further >> improvement in the DSP sw. >> >> In time the basic processor will become obsolete. So maybe a replace >> cpu board could be done? >> >> Of course Elecraft might decide to abandon the K3 with an >> introduction of a K4, but they still make the K2 and KX1. What does >> that tell you? I think the Elecraft folks pride themselves in not >> abandoning their customers. >> >> 73, Ed - KL7UW >> BTW nicely done on the KX3! If it had 2m I could consider it >> replacing my FT-817, but it would have to be embedded inside the KX3. >> >> ------------------------------ >> Message: 12 >> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:00:13 -0500 >> From: Tony Estep<[hidden email]> >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Something *really* new at Dayton from Elecraft >> To: [hidden email] >> Message-ID:<[hidden email]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Merv Schweigert<[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> >>> ...the KX3 will have a much improved DSP and newer >>> better chip... >>> >> >> Maybe there'll be a retrofit for the K3. >> >> Tony KT0NY >> >> >> >> >> >> 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 >> ====================================== >> BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com >> EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-testing*, 3400-? >> DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [hidden email] >> ====================================== >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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