In a message dated 12/26/04 2:48:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> A "full sized" K2 for those who don't need small > size. Give more importance to having room for fingers to twist knobs > without hitting the ones close by and etc. From what I'm seeing the > performance is up there with many of the "major" brands so there just might > > be a market for such a K2.... I'd love to see just that - a "K2Big"? What would be really sweet, I think, is if it could be packaged so that you could put all the options in the box at once - ATU, 100W amp, and say a 7 AH battery. There could even be a separate heat sink for the 10W finals so they wouldn't have to be undone from the case each time. >From what I can see, such a package could be made by redoing the front panel board and the case with a muchlarger ones, leaving the rest almost as-is. Main headache I can see is coming up with a replacement for the LCD readout. I'd certainly go for a K2Big, as would at least some others. I'm sure Eric and Wayne would produce one if they sensed a market that would support the cost of producing such a variant. After all, a lot of the cost would be in metalwork and related hardware rather than electronics. There's also the basic philosophy of Elecraft that is focused mostly on QRP and compactness. I'm sure the Aptos crew could come up with a really sweet QSK legal-limit amp if they wanted to...but that's not what they are focused on. I think that a lot of K2 owners, particularly contesters and DXers, get around the small size of the K2 by using computer control. That way they have a small rig for portable use and a big computer display for home use. The big remote knob (CRS* is causing me to block on its real name) gives a nice ergonomic interface for tuning and RIT. Of course there's always abject begging and pleading... 73 de Jim, N2EY (if somebody with my big paws can build a K2, almost anybody can...) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
