At 4/30/2007 01:30 AM, wayne burdick wrote: >Craig D. Smith wrote: > >> >>When I first read the Elecraft K3 announcement, I was still thinking >>FT-2000. Then later Elecraft mentioned that a panadaptor would follow in a >>few months. I think that the panadaptor design will, for me, be the >>deciding factor between FT-2000 and K3. If it contains/supports a large >>color LCD, has good features, is reasonably priced and also supports large >>color display of K3 front panel info (ala IC-7000 remote display), then it >>could have LOTS of appeal to these aging eyes and swing things back towards >>Elecraft. I don't think that price alone will be the deciding factor >>between these two rigs for most folks. > >Craig, our goal is to create the highest-performance panadapter available. >This project will be kicked off soon, and we may see it by the end of the year.
There will be a lot of debate about the display in a panadapter or bandscope. Size, cost, color (Orion I), and resolution all will be a factor. My opinion is, don't put one in or at least have a model available without one. LCD displays are so plentiful these days and many have one or more in the shack already. Make the panadapter or bandscope available with just a VGA output. It will be smaller, cheaper and more versatile. My $0.02 Ed Parish K1EP KX1# 666 K3# ?? _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
