I would say, here is to itchy conditions …. 73,
Art Peters, K0ACP k0...@k0acp.com > On Jul 31, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > > 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 <http://www.elecraft.com/> > >> On Jul 31, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Wes Stewart <wes_n...@triconet.org >> <mailto: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 <mailto:n...@elecraft.com> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net <mailto:Elecraft@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> > Message delivered to k0...@k0acp.com <mailto:k0...@k0acp.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
