"I hope the idea of replacement through new modules is followed. That is where a radio built with daughter boards on a master mother board is more amenable to hardware upgrades. The tradeoff is reliability issues with daughter board connectors (over time)."
I agree with your statement above. The Heathkit HW/SB-104 was this way, in that it had a backplane that the boards plugged into. I have had Ten-Tecradios that were on this order also. No sense replacing the whole radio when a circuit board can be replaced instead. I realize Elecraft radios are more complex, but I like to see the use of daughter boards for certain things. I'd rather send back a circuit board for repair or upgrade than the whole radio. Dick, n0ce On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Edward R Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > Pretty well covered by others. > > One more fact to consider is the K3 is a SDR which means the firmware can > continually be improved or embellished, thus keeping the radio from > obsolescence. The promise of SDR is that it can continually re-invent > itself with new sw (firmware). With ten years under its belt a lot of > ideas have already been incorporated. Recent improvement in AGC is an > example of continual product improvement. Elecraft is the only > organization I see this coming with any regularity. The typical mfr rolls > out a whole new piece of hardware requiring you to dispose of the old radio > and spending a lot of money on the "new stuff". Have you noticed that > Elecraft new firmware is free! > > In time the hardware is replaceable with new technology, so eventually > there will be better components for building SDR's and that might lead to a > successor to the K3. In a manner of speaking the KX3 is that. > > I hope the idea of replacement through new modules is followed. That is > where a radio built with daughter boards on a master mother board is more > amenable to hardware upgrades. The tradeoff is reliability issues with > daughter board connectors (over time). > > Those of us that like to experiment with new stuff like the modular > approach. Think of new firmware as new modules! > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > [email protected] > "Kits made by KL7UW" > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[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
