Hi, Bill. Yeah, I understand all that, but it just seems that having a second receiver in the K3 but not being able to monitor it with the P3 sounds like more of an oversight than simply the avoidance of a niche market. After all, the N2QT modification is almost negligible in terms of cost, and the software mod to CW Skimmer is so simple that even I was able to figure it out before I ever saw the N2QT mod ... and I'm almost illiterate software-wise. I'd bet that most people with a KRX3 and a P3 wish they were capable of working together.
73, Dave AB7E On 2/21/2012 4:49 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote: > David Gilbert wrote >> Even more useful in my opinion, the N2QT hardware mod allows you to >> monitor the activity on another band ... subject of course to the K3 low >> pass filter considerations. I never understood why Elecraft didn't >> provide for that capability, or why they've never subsequently offered a >> mod to do it. It seemed especially odd not to have that feature once >> the P3 became available. >> > It's a marketing decision. There's a limited market for adding IF OUT to > the KRX3 versus simply buying another K3 and doing true SO2R. The more > complexity and cost you add, the smaller the potential market. Elecraft has > so much low hanging fruit to pick with their limited engineering resources > that they don't need to chase niche markets. > > If I was doing SO2R (and didn't need diversity for the low bands), I'd > configure 2 basic K3s with KXV3 and one CW filter each. If you're clever > you can find recent units for<$1600 (K3/100+KXV3+filter)...or about the > same as a new TS-590S. I recently bought a 2011 unit with that invested by > deconfiguring many options I didn't need. IMHO this is preferable for SO2R > contesting versus one K3 loaded with everything. > > So far Elecraft has not made many bad marketing decisions. When and if they > do a K4, I hope they don't fall victim to the FT9000/IC7800 Swiss knife > mentality. I doubt that will happen as long as they keep their modularity > mindset. > > While on this topic, here's a marketing hint for folks selling K3s loaded > with whistles and bells. Deconfigure most of your options and sell them > separately. You'll address a much wider market and get higher prices than > if you attempt to force a more limited market to buy the exact configuration > you have. > > 73, Bill W4ZV > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Fw-K3-and-CW-Skimmer-tp7303067p7304483.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
