Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SP3 External Speaker details

[edeveloper_1--- via Elecraft]

My shack is a bit cramped too. Currently I have a couple of really inadequate 
computer speakers sitting atop another rig near the K3/P3 combo. That rig sits 
atop the RF deck of an ALS-600, which itself sits on top of a KAT500 that's in 
turn sitting on top of a now-unused MFJ-998.
So that's quite a "tech stack" already.
Perhaps the advent of the SP3 will give me a reason to rearrange all that stuff 
so that I can have a good speaker (or two :)). Come to think of it, replacing 
the ALS-600 with a KPA500 would free up a bit of space as well and improve 
aesthetics at the same time. Wayne, you may have just engineered another 
Elecraft tipping point.
73, Tyler, KC2LST

 


 On Saturday, September 12, 2015 2:23 PM, Phil Hystad  
wrote:
   

 Wayne,

I already have a KX3 and I love it for portable QRP work.  The very idea of 
hiding it away in
an SP3 though is just wrong.  Of course, you would never do that — would you?


73, phil, K7PEH


> On Sep 12, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Wayne Burdick  wrote:
> 
> Phil,
> 
> If you ever decide to seriously downsize, you can mount a KX3 inside an SP3.
> 
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
> 
> On Sep 12, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Phil Hystad  wrote:
> 
>> The idea of producing a matching speaker is inevitable given the history of 
>> matching speakers (Note: obviously the idea of “matching” has different 
>> interpretations by different vendors)….
>> 
>> ...But, unfortunately, I have no plans to buy one because I have no room for 
>> its matchability to be useful as
>> my current K-line sits in a nice line up: K3, P3, KPA500 and there is no 
>> more room for another
>> side-by-side box.  Making room and adding the extra box puts different parts 
>> of the K-line too far
>> apart (at least, for me and my operating comfort).
>> 
>> So, here I am with my favorite rig, the K3 and maybe the last vendor 
>> (Elecraft) that I will ever buy from as long
>> as they keep up their good work, and the first radio (K3) in my personal 
>> history without its own matching
>> speaker due merely  to the lack of space on my desk top.
> 
> 
> 
> 


  
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Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SP3 External Speaker details

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Hi Wayne,
Thanks for the update - from the photos on Twitter it looks like a very nice 
unit. As I recall there have been a number of discussions on this reflector 
debating the merits of various third-party external speakers and quite a few 
called on Elecraft to produce one of its own, to match the K-Line.
Congratulations to Elecraft for once again listening to its customers and 
responding. I look forward to hearing the new SP3 in action!
73, Tyler, KC2LST
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From: Wayne Burdick 
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Hi all,

The SP3 is our new external speaker. We'll have a product brochure and photos 
soon, but here's a brief list of features:

- styled to match the Elecraft K-Line

- same size as the Elecraft P3 Panadapter, with matching fold-up tilt stand

- works with any transceiver, but optimized for use with the K3 and K3S

- custom-built, high-quality 4-ohm oval speaker with outstanding passband 
characteristics

- A/B source selector switch

- two jacks for mono or stereo input sources, and one mono extension output, 
allowing
  convenient switching of the following configurations:

  - one transceiver, one speaker
  - two transceivers, one speaker, selected by A/B switch
  - one transceiver, two speakers (stereo)
  - two transceivers, two speakers, selected by A/B switch (stereo)

The SP3 will be sold assembled/tested only.

73,
Wayne
N6KR
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[Elecraft] Elecraft SP3 External Speaker!

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Hi All,
I see there is now an SP3 External Speaker option available for the K3S (see 
the order page at www.elecraft.com). Are there any photos/specifications 
available? Is it also compatible with the K3?
The K-Line just got wider (or taller :))!
73, Tyler, KC2LST
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Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 tuner

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Hi Alan,
Like you, I have an MFJ-998 auto tuner, but was never really satisfied with its 
integration with the Elecraft K3. I suggested to Martin that MFJ produce a 
cable to integrate with Elecraft radios, but that hasn't yet happened so far as 
I know.
Based on the superb tuning capability that the internal K3 tuner has, I decided 
to take the plunge on a KAT500. I can't be happier that I did. The integration 
with the K3 is seamless and pretty much flawless. The tuner follows my K3 
wherever it goes, quickly and silently (silently because I've stored matches 
for all bands; on the initial tune there's of need a bit of clatter but nothing 
like the 998's) matching my two low wire dipoles on all bands including 6M, 
though 160M is a bit tough because of the 52-foot length of the wires. I don't 
get the surprise! tune-ups that I got with the 998. I get many more matches 
on 160M and 80M than I got with the 998. All I have to do is switch my amp when 
I change bands now. At some point I know I'll end up with a KPA500 and that 
switching function will become a thing of the past too. I recently added a 
third antenna (coil-loaded sloper) for 160M/80M and the KAT500 loads it up 
beautifully. It's sweet that that particular antenna remains always selected 
for those two bands.
I suspect that at least in part, the MFJ-998 is designed to evaluate situations 
where it must expect the user will throw a full 1.5KW at it into a really poor 
match, and it then must say My components really aren't designed for that 
particular extreme, and I can't give you a 2:1 match.There's no way for me to 
tell it Hey, I'm never sending you more than 800, I promise!
One thing I did like about the 998 is I had two sets of tuning settings - one 
for dry weather, and one for rainy/snowy weather. It was easy to switch between 
the two on each antenna.
Of course that is possible to do with the KAT500 as well. You can save a dry 
weather configuration file and a wet weather file and read the appropriate 
one into the tuner as needed. I've not yet gotten 'round to creating the wet 
weather file.
I keep the 998 around thinking one day MFJ will produce a cable for Elecraft 
radios, and I may decide to go through the hassle of getting a building permit 
to install 240v to the shack, and go fully QRO. Until then, it's not connected 
to anything now and the KAT500 is my do-it-all tuner for all occasions.
I went the kit route with the KAT500 and like all the Elecraft kits, it was a 
barrel of fun to assemble.
I can't speak to how the KAT500 will integrate with your Icom, but as for its 
integration with the K3, it's the bees knees.
73, Tyler, KC2LST
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Hi all.
I am contemplating purchasing a KPA500 amplifier to complement my K3.
I currently have a MFJ 998 tuner which is good for 1.5KW but I think that the 
KAT500 tuner from Elecraft will be a superior product. Would this be a sensible 
assumption?
If I also buy the KAT500, will it easily interface with my Icom IC700 and is 
there a specific setting that would allow me to use the IC7100 ?Tune? button, 
which allows tuning at reduced power (ISTR it?s set at 10watts)? 
73,
Alan. G4GNX
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