I would be interested in hearing from the Beta testers if any of them had the option in their hands for testing and a run down on the performance problems they may have seen. I plan to use my K-3 for contesting/dxing so the sub rx is an important option. (I'd like to have somewhat the same capability my MKV had with the K-3).
Second question for the contest types on the list, what filters have you chosen for your K-3. You can respond direct if you like unless the info is viewed to be enough of general interest. Thanks Mike/aj9c ---- Don Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For fun, I thought I'd provide an "East Coast" > translation of this recent announcement from Elecraft. > ---------------------- > > As Rodney Dangerfield would say "tough crowd - tough > crowd"! > > There is probably a fair amount of truth in Steve's > humorous comments, but I balance them against what the > Elecraft guys have on the table today. They offer > several product lines that operate at the top of the > specifications charts, without a revolving door to a > huge service desk, there's immediate attention to each > user on any specific product issue, and at a price > that undercuts the competition. > > I'm resigned that the highest cost of accepting > Elecraft production model is time, and have planned > accordingly. > > It's still painful, all this waiting. But with respect > to the subreceiver it beats a weird alice design > w/marginal isolation pushed out early. You might > expect that in some of the competing manufacturing > models. > > YMMV (your milage may vary). > > de wb8yqj > > > [Elecraft] TRANSLATION: K3 Subreceiver Status Update > (KRX3 option) > Steve Sacco NN4X nn4x at embarqmail.com > Thu Jan 17 10:58:47 EST 2008 > > Previous message: [Elecraft] Err TXF > Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ > author ] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For fun, I thought I'd provide an "East Coast" > translation of this > recent announcement from Elecraft. > > Enjoy! > > > 73, > Steve NN4X > EL98jh > > > > > >Message: 38 > >Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:18:06 -0800 > >From: wayne burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> > >Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Subreceiver Status Update > (KRX3 option) > >To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> > >Message-ID: <6cc130c50266a27a945ae9276b85b9d1 at > elecraft.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; > format=flowed > > > >I wanted to give those who've ordered a K3 > subreceiver a status update. > >First, thanks for your patience; I realize the > subreceiver has been > >significantly delayed. (This is also pushing out the > DVR. Lyle, KK7P > >and I are collaborating on the PCBs and firmware for > both units.) > > TRANSLATION: We've been stringing everyone along for, > what...9 months > or so? We promised that very useful KRX3 option, and > we're pretty > sure that more than a few folks have ordered the K3 > based upon the > existence that option. THANKS for buying our sales > puffery! Unfortunately, we can't manage to bury the > truth any > longer. Here's the deal: We're nowhere close to being > ready on the KRX3. > > > > >When we release a product, it has to meet a number of > criteria. Raw > >performance by traditional measures is just one of > these. Fortunately > >the subreceiver has met our expectations in this > regard, with dynamic > >range virtually identical to that of the main. > > > > TRANSLATION: blah blah blah blah...this is filler to > divert your > attention...let's hope they take the bait. > > > >But there are two other requirements that we must > meet: excellent > >mutual isolation between the main and receivers, and > ease of > >installation. Recently, we made the difficult > decision that both must > >be improved. > > > >Isolation between the receivers is critical to > usability. For example, > >if you're listening to an extremely strong signal on > one receiver, none > >of it should leak into the other's I.F. After > extensive testing, we > >concluded that we were close, but needed more > isolation. > > > >Regarding installation: Someone with no experience > should be able to > >install or remove the subreceiver without much > difficulty. The present > >installation process is just a bit too complex once > all other modules > >and their associated cables are in place; the left > side, chassis > >stiffener, and several cables have to be removed. > This has a secondary > >effect, which is to make it very time-consuming to > change crystal > >filters on either receiver. We felt that we should > improve this now, > >before all fabrications were cast in stone. > > > TRANSLATION: Our first cut at a design, and the > prototypes we've put > together from that, don't work very well. We've tried > and tried, but > they just don't. > > > >Both isolation and installation can be improved with > changes to our > >original KRX3 PCB layout. I'm working on this now. > Once the PC board > >and shield designs are complete, we'll quickly build > first articles and > >run them through all of the tests again. > > TRANSLATION: We're doing a major re-design. Next come > the prototypes > and testing. No idea when it'll be ready. > > >I'm confident that these improvements will allow the > subreceiver to > >live up to your expectations as well as ours. We'll > post further > >updates as we make progress. > > TRANSLATION: We hope you'll latch onto this part of > the spin, and not > think about how we've (once again) made promises we > couldn't keep, > and didn't let you know until we couldn't explain it > away anymore. > > >(I know, I know -- "Stop rambling and get back to > work!") > > TRANSLATION: Let's hope the cute signoff will take the > edge off of > any anger that we haven't managed to nullify with the > earlier part of > the announcement. > > > > _. _. ...._ _.._ nn4x at embarqmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. 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