Having just built a P3 kit this afternoon, in about 1.5 hours and another hour "playing" with it, I am now an "expert" (I know Alan is the real expert). No, this one is not mine, but it was for a friend - I am still using the "cheapie" softrock/Z10000 and PowerSDR solution. The P3 build is simplicity itself, thanks to the marvelous instructions (Thanks Ron). The P3 box has plenty of open space (I wonder what Wayne will fill it with), and the additional holes on the rear panel (covered by the plastic "dust shield") give me cause to anticipate other wondrous things that might be supported by this box in the furure. I can say that the P3 display far exceeds the capability offered by PowerSDR in that the span and the amplitude and baseline can be changed very easily to allow inspection of an individual signal or the entire 200 kHz portion of any band, and no computer (with all its complications) required. The display is much more crisp than that afforded by PowerSDR/IF even though the display overall size is smaller.
Onward and upward for the Elecraft design team. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/31/2010 10:09 PM, Alan Bloom wrote: > (Giggle...) I think it actually would be possible to home-brew your own > P2. Just buy a P3, take it apart, and mount the components in an EC2 > chassis. > > The LCD display looks like it would just barely fit - you'd have to come > up with some way to mount it to the front panel. The Front Panel PC > board would probably have to be mounted at an angle so that the flex PCB > cables that come out of the LCD can reach while still having access to > the connectors on the back (bottom) side. You could wire up the switch > contacts to mechanical switches on the front panel. > > I think it would be cool if someone did that. I just want to see the > look on the face of the Elecraft customer service technician when you > send it in for repair! > > Alan N1AL > > > On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 21:48 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> Bill, >> >> The P3 already handles the K2 IF output, in fact, it handles anything >> from 455 kHz through 21.7 MHz. It is not available in the EC2 >> enclosure, but you are invited to squeeze it into that if you have >> sufficient desire (you will have to re-design the front panel). >> >> For use with the K2, you will need to bring the IF out to a rear panel >> connector. Jack Smith www.cliftonlaboratories.com has already solved >> that with his Z10000B-K2 buffer amplifier. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 8/31/2010 9:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> I for one would really like to see a panadaptor for the K2. In an EC2 sized >>> enclosure. >>> >>> Any others interested? >>> >>> Bill K2UJ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> 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:[email protected] >> >> 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:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
