The K2 DSP is the only such case, and as noted, Lyle has been with us exclusively ever since. All other Elecraft products were designed by our full-time or part-time engineering staff.
We would not source someone else's QRO amp design. We would reserve the fun for ourselves :) Those exploratory models from 2006 were designed by our senior RF engineer in his "spare time." If he gets the itch again someday, we'll let you know. 73, Wayne N6KR ----- http://www.elecraft.com > On Jul 31, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Wes Stewart <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote: > > Apparently you don't know Elecraft's engineering process. Many "Elecraft" > products were "designed by someone else", starting with the DSP in the K2. > Here's what Wayne had to say about that: > > "A major milestone in our history was the KDSP2 option for the K2. Lyle > Johnson, KK7P, became known to us *after* he had mostly completed this highly > versatile DSP unit. He reverse-engineered the auxBus protocol and made the > KDSP2 behave as if it were a KAF2, which plugged into the same spot. He > showed it to us, and we immediately adopted both the product and Lyle > himself." > > Lyle now works for Elecraft from the comfort of his home here in > Tucson..(What I call, "distributed engineering.") > > Many other "Elecraft" designs were done similarly, by someone else, PAs > included. > > BTW QRO is about being heard. I'm often amused by the digital mode crowd, > who profess that one doesn't need "power" to get through, i.e., "I work the > world with 5 W on ESP (your favorite mode here)." Some of them even make > imaginary QSOs on EME. http://www.sm2cew.com/jt65.html > > Wes N7WS > www.qrz.com/db/n7ws > > >> On 7/30/2016 5:40 PM, Rick Braun wrote: >> I was heartened to see Wayne’s response to this rumor. It seems inceivable >> that Elecraft would offer such a product, much less one designed by someone >> else. Big amps are about being loud, busting pileups, . When receivers >> were less sensitive and sophisticated, e.g. digital filters, digital noise >> reduction, etc., you needed power to get in the front ends of DX receivers. >> We don’t need that power anymore except to contest, i.e. blow out the ops >> with less power. To me this don’t seem like the Elecraft ethic. They >> aren’t QRP snobs, and they seem to value skill, intelligence, and cunning, >> rather than brute power. Whole big amp thing struck me as odd. >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to wes_n...@triconet.org > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
