This sounds like a wonderful business opportunity for someone. Buy K3/10 kits from Elecraft. Build them up and add an AC power supply in the space where the 100-watt PA normally goes. Market them to the SWL crowd at a modest profit.
Al N1AL On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 08:36 -0500, drewko wrote: > Instead of removing circuitry from the K3 for SWL use, why not add > some... > > For SWLing the best thing that could happen to the K3 would be to add > an internal mains power supply (for receive use only). Then the K3 > would be a self-contained receiver instead of having to be tethered to > an external supply. An external supply is an acceptable limitation for > a transmitter but very unsuitable for a light, portable receiver. > > I suppose a 1-amp "wall wart" having a power-pole plug would do the > job, as long as you are careful not to transmit. Still, I'm not too > crazy about wall wart supplies-- got a whole drawer full of them. It > would be great if the K3 had a standard IEC power cord socket so it > could be used as a grab and go receiver. > > Also, for SWLing the K3 could use a better scanner, and frequency > memory management. > > 73, > Drew > AF2Z ______________________________________________________________ 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
