There are several monoband choices available already, but what I haven't found is one for 10m. With the sunspot cycle on the rise, this would be a very desirable rig, and possibly the only source for one on that band. And by all means, make it a 4-pole crystal filter.
ed - k9ew On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Doug Person <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave is hard at work developing some new products which he won't comment > on. The DSW was a nice little rig. Wish I hadn't sold mine. But that > is certainly the general idea. A nice little single band at half the > cost or less and half the size of the K1. > > Doug -- K0DXV > > On 4/8/2011 9:59 AM, Mike Morrow wrote: >> Doug wrote: >> >>> One other thing: I really wish Wayne and Eric would peal off one of >>> their talented junior engineers and design a K0. (K zero). A single >>> band superhet with 2-3 watts out and super compact. >> So...maybe a K0-15 for 15 meters. I like that concept. >> >> Before the K1 became available in 2000, I had built three of Dave Benson's >> Small Wonder Labs DSW series of mono-band PIC- and DDS-technology QRP rigs. >> I still have the DSW-20, -30, and -40 and they remain great and very >> innovative QRP transceivers. Wonderful rigs! >> >> My only issue with those $130 (in 1999) units was that the operating system >> allowed ONLY iambic mode B keying, which I consider an abomination. :-) >> However, Jackson Harbor Press produced a direct plug-in replacement PIC >> (controller) for $7 (!!) called the DSWK that offered many additional >> features over the original SWL PIC, including selectable iambic keying >> mode (just like Elecraft). >> >> The DSW (and later DSW-II) with the DSWK PIC created what is IMHO still >> the neatest small mono-band QRP rig of all time. Unfortunately, Dave >> discontinued the DSW series several years ago, leaving that market empty. >> I regret not having purchased a DSW-II-80 when it was available. >> >> Today I almost always use the K1, but sometimes I will take one of the DSWs >> when I just want a very small mono-band set. >> >> Elecraft advanced the PIC/DDS concept to the multi-band feature-rich KX1 all >> in a small package, yet I also believe there's still something appealing >> about >> a smaller, simpler, mono-band rig. A new Elecraft rig that combined some >> characteristics of the SWL DSW-II and the (don't laugh) MFJ Cub would be >> great. >> The DSW characteristic would mean a rig that needed NO LED or LCD display. >> All >> control response output would be Morse. The MFJ Cub characteristic would >> mean >> a rig with all the "boring drudgery" components being machine pre-assembled >> surface-mounted to the PCB. Only a few major components that mostly >> determine >> the operating frequency would be required to be hand assembled by the >> builder. >> Such a rig could be put together in an evening while encountering much less >> opportunity for construction error. (There'd be much less demand on Elecraft >> tech support for troubleshooting.) Choose a DDS chip that can be clocked >> high enough to allow a 15m model, use a four-pole IF filter, and provide an >> AGC circuit. Mono-band CW perfection! >> >> I'd buy a couple, maybe more. >> >> Mike / KK5F >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
