Wayne, I would vote for an included internal speaker since this would add minimal cost and make available an optional power supply.
Doug -- K0DXV Gordan Hribar wrote: > From: wayne burdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: April 28, 2007 11:25:51 AM PDT > To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: K3 and its future external panadapter > > Sometime in the future (give us at least six months!) we'll be > offering a very high-performance panadapter for the K3. Let's call it > a "P3" for now. The P3 will work with any radio that has an I.F. tap, > but it will be styled to match the K3. We're thinking 2/3rds of the > K3's width, but the same height and depth. It may have a speaker > and/or 20 A power supply. Your input on this would be very welcome. > Early on in the K3 design process, we decided not to include an > *internal* panadapter. Here's our reasoning: > - A panadapter takes up a *lot* of front-panel real-estate. So, if > you want to > keep the radio at compact desktop size, you have to displace a lot > of controls. > The displaced controls end up buried in menus or "soft keys," > making basic > radio operation much more difficult. The K3 has a menu for things > rarely used, > but since there's no huge display, we were able to put every > often-used control > at your fingertips, optimally placed with respect to the LCD. A > good example > is our filter passband graphic, which is centered directly above > the DSP controls. > - An internal panadapter adds a lot of cost. Many customers, we felt, > would > rather have such cost be optional. If you want a panadapter, you'll > be able > get our P3 and set it beside the rig. Then, if you want to grab > your K3 and head > for the hills, you can optionally leave the panadapter on the desk > (along with > its speaker and power supply). > > - Internal panadapters often have severe performance compromises. > There's at least one > very new radio on the market with a panadapter that takes over the > rig during sweeps. > Many of them are sluggish or have user-interface issues due to lack > of panel space. > Our external panadapter will be an entirely independent unit, so it > will not interfere > with radio use at all, either operationally or due to overloading > of controls. > That said, it will be highly integrated with, and controlled by, > the K3 (or > attached computer). > > - We may use a display technology that offers faster rewrite speeds > than you can get > in an inexpensive graphic LCD such as the type most often used for > internal panadapters. > With the panadapter in a separate enclosure, we'll be able to use > very fast logic, > and possibly an exotic display such as an OLED (organic LED), > without incurring > any RFI problems. > > 73, > Wayne > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
