When you order

[Robert 'RC' Conley]

I know this sounds really dumb but what exactly do you receive when
you order a basic K3/10 at 1400 smackers?
crystals filters, receiver  coverage full 160-6m capabilities psk31,
rtty cw reader dsp.etc

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[Gary Hvizdak]

At 23:08 EST on 6 Mar 2008, RC Conley (KC6WA) wrote ...

... what exactly do you receive when you order a basic K3/10 ...?

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Hi RC,

    You are actually asking two questions:

1) What "hardware" do you get?
2) What "functionality" does the firmware provide?

    A good place to find a high-level answer to the "hardware" question is
to visit Elecraft's ordering webpage ...

http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_prod_list.htm#k3

... and simply observe what optional modules are available.  Very briefly,
the hardware that doesn't come with the base K3 includes:

o   ATU module
o   Sub-Receiver (which includes a second identical RX plus a second DSP)
o   100 W PA module
o   Ten optional roofing filters (the base K3 includes a 5-pole 2.7 kHz
    filter; both the main and sub-RX can each hold five roofing filters)
o   General Coverage BPF module (both the main RX and the sub RX can accept
    one)
o   Transverter Interface With RX Antenna I/O module
o   An optional five times higher accuracy TXCO
o   Digital Voice Recorder (will eventually have firmware support for vision
    impaired operators)

    Another excellent way to appreciate what hardware you get is to read the
K3 assembly manual.  See ...

http://elecraft.com/manual/K3%20Assembly%20Manual%20Rev%20D%20Web.pdf

--- - - - ---

    The answer to the "functionality" question is a moving target since
Wayne continues to add features to the firmware.  As I don't yet have my K3,
I'm not in a position to provide details on this subject.

    BTW, an excellent resource describing the current firmware functionality
is the product review that will appear in the April issue of QST.  You can
see it now on Elecraft's website at ...

http://www.elecraft.com/K3/K3%20QST%20prod%20rev%201.pdf

    A second resource is the K2 operators manual.  See ...

http://elecraft.com/manual/K3%20Owners%20Manual%20C1%20sm.pdf 

73,
Gary  KI4GGX

[Darwin, Keith]

 

-----Original Message-----
From: 'RC' Conley

... what exactly do you receive when you order a basic K3/10 at 1400
smackers?
-------------------------

Absolutely nothing!

You have to wait months to receive anything.  And THEN you receive the
world's best value in ham radio.  Check out the K3 data sheet to see an
overview of the features.

A quick list goes something like this:
  - 10 watts output
  - CW & SSB operation
  - General coverage RX (most of the SW spectrum)
  - DSP IF filtering for CW and narrow SSB filtering
  - Built-in CW decoder
  - Built-in CW to RTTY converter
  - etc.

- Keith N1AS -
- K2 5411.ssb.100 -
- K3 Wave 3 -
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[Jerry Flanders]

At 08:15 AM 3/7/2008, Darwin, Keith wrote:
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 'RC' Conley
>
>... what exactly do you receive when you order a basic K3/10 at 1400
>smackers?

I received an email confirmation of the order and an estimated
shipping date. The date has always been too optimistic - AFAIK none
have been shipped on the promised date. Mine; ordered in mid-October
was promised for January, IIRC.

Jerry W4UK

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