I'm pretty sure that there are people out there who have indeed spent that kind of money on SWL receivers, but it seems to me that it would be far more prudent for one of them to just buy the bare minimum K3 as is. If you (or you heirs) ever wanted to sell it, there is a much larger market for a top end ham transceiver than for a top end SWL receiver. Even if the 10w PA could be easily added later, I don't see where much money would be saved ... the economics for either Elecraft or the user just don't make much sense to me.
Then again, how something is marketed can make a lot of difference in whether people buy it or not. Lots of folks want an appliance and will sometimes even pay extra for a box that looks like it was tailored specifically for their wants/needs even if the hard content is less. There are lots of examples of that sort of thing in the consumer world. 73, Dave AB7E On 3/17/2011 1:14 PM, Alan Bloom wrote: > It would be a pretty expensive shortwave receiver: > > K3/10 $1500 > KBPF3 $140 > ----- > $1640 > > You'd save some by eliminating the 10W PA but have to add some for the > 8-pole 6 kHz or 13 Khz filter to replace the stock 5-pole 2.7 kHz > filter. Would people be willing to spend well over $1500 for the best > SWL receiver on the market? > > Al N1AL > > > On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 21:51 -0700, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> I think you just described the K3/10 with no key or mic plugged in :) >> >> Seriously, we'd love to do this, but we don't have any SWL receivers >> in the works. I suppose we could offer a K3/0, i.e. with the 10-W amp >> module removed and transmit disabled in firmware. Would there be any >> interest in that? >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> On Mar 16, 2011, at 8:19 PM, wa9fvp wrote: >> >>> I'm wondering if Elecraft is consifering a stand alone Short wave >>> receiver? It would have the same outstanding "specs", roofing >>> filters and DSP that the K3 has but without the transmit section. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elecraft_K3/ >> >> <*> Your email settings: >> Individual Email | Traditional >> >> <*> To change settings online go to: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elecraft_K3/join >> (Yahoo! ID required) >> >> <*> To change settings via email: >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> >> <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >> [email protected] >> >> <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: >> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
