I believe that Wayne agrees with you. From what I've seen the power supply in the box is something that one can have or not. I think that it'll probably come as a kit and you'll be able to select what pieces you want.... This Elecraft after all! ;)
I'm in the same boat where all I want out of the P3 is the panadapter. I've got an Astron and a pair of speakers that keep me happy... I await (kinda) patiently for the Panadapter. ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 19:04 -0600, William Carver wrote: > A two-box solution would look neat. Certainly a technological Tour de > Force for Elecraft. > > But the STAR really is a STEREO device. I never use it without SFX > turned on. You DO turn your SFX on, don't you? I have a homebrew 2x20W > amp and two bookshelf speakers that I use with the K3. So would there be > a matching separate speaker cabinet made available? > > I run my station off a bank of 2V wetcells in series, the kind that > provide backup power in a telephone company substation, with a 20A > "smart charger". I'd have no use for the power supply. So my P3, IF it > was offered in the configuration of no audio amp, speaker or power > supply would be largely empty. > > I'm not stupid, I REALIZE "that's your problem/choice". But keep in mind > that power supplies, audio amps, and speakers approach being > commodities, as well as being specialties of their own. And although my > batteries are a little odd, there are obviously folks who are running > their K3 off an old Astron supply and dreaming of the day they have > enough bucks to order the second receiver. And have their own > speakers...maybe shared with other rigs. Packing everything into one > "accessory" box violates some of the traditional modularity and > expandability of the K3 and create an accessory that tends to exclude > those who don't have money to burn? > > Bill - W7AAZ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
