I've been watching this K radio wish list thread and I liked where it went. I too would like to see a new Elecraft "KV3" as a technical update to the venerable Yaesu FT-736r. Some features of interest are:
- Dual simultaneous receive; switchable among the VHF bands; 50 and 144 as a minimum. Selectable transmit on either single band. - Dual band stereo audio with each receiver in each ear. Also front panel selectable for both ears on one receiver or the other - Optional modular capability for 222, 432, 902/3 and 1296 Mhz bands - State of the art receive performance with respect to sensitivity without external (PR-6 type) pre-amplification. - K3 receive performance with respect to strong adjacent signal rejection. - Future 70 Mhz expansion capability - Architecture similar to K3/0 or KX3 type user interface with remote black box for RF power handling, switching, sequencing and cooling chores. Feedlines, external keying, external IF, freq reference would interface with the remote box, and some infrequently accessed user adjustments would reside there. User interfaces, mic, key/paddle, external PC would connect to the user interface box. - Seperate RF inputs/outputs for each band with user defined TR switching or seperate rcv and xmt paths - Compatible with P3 and /or other graphical displays - 100 watt power output on 6 and 2 meters, 25+ watt power output on 1.25 M and 70 cm bands; 10+ watts on 33 and 23 cm bands - Separately adjustable output power for each band with no key-up power spike. - High duty cycle transmit capability - Capability to discipline IF and LO frequencies with an internal or external precision 10 Mhz reference. - Available zero dBm (1 milliwatt) drive on 28 and 144 Mhz selectable per band for external transverters - Integrated KRC2 type band decoder - Integrated five event sequencer for each band with the "KV3" keying selectable as any one of those five events. Menu selectable event delay and per band external electrical access on each sequenced event. - Variable VFO doppler correction rates for each receiver - Mode change from SSB to CW without VFO change Sweet dreams.......... Bill W7QQ ______________________________________________________________ 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
