To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Future K-radio?
What I was envisioning is a box...no display/front panel/speaker. A
blank box. Just something to install modules into. It would be
CONTROLLED by the K3..saving on cost.
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.co
The problem with separate transverters, besides having multiple
boxes, is the cost. Some of that cost could be eliminated by placing
the common control circuitry in the back-plane box, instead of the
duplication with separate transverters.
Studying the schematics shows very little, if any, dup
Hi Joe,
Well, I never said anything about a K3/10 with slots for VHF/UHF modules.
What I was envisioning is a box...no display/front panel/speaker. A
blank box. Just something to install modules into. It would be
CONTROLLED by the K3..saving on cost.
Yes, the demand might be low if the mo
The problem here is cost/development time vs. potential demand. Quite
frankly the market for a K3/10 with slots for VHF/UHF modules is likely
to be too small to justify the development time. That's one reason the
"open backplane" provided by the daisy chain design of the XV series.
73,
...
I think something like a back-plane box where you can install various
"band modules" for whatever VHF/UHF/Microwave modules you want. For
really esoteric bands like laser communications make it open source so
others could design modules that Elecraft wouldn't be interested in
because the volum
Personally I'd like something more portable than a K3/10 with a pile of
transverters though. More like a KX3 but strictly an all-mode VHF/UHF rig,
no HF. 6m, 2m, 70cm, 1.2 GHz, and perhaps 2.4 GHz in the box, perhaps with
4m, 1.25cm, and 900 MHz as options. I'd be on the fence about general
cove
Yes, certainly, Joe. I have not removed the XV-220 from consideration.
The only obstacles are the lack of 222 MHz activity in the greater LA
area and the need to add the KXV3A to my K3.
Being a kit is not a problem - I love to build through-hole kits, going
way back to Heathkits and also my K2.
I bought a K3 kit. I love it for HF work, but I'd also like to see an
integrated desktop replacement for the FT-736R to cover 6m (or 2m)
through 23cm (or perhaps 13cm?).
Does not the K3 with XV-144, XV-220 and VX-432 already answer that
need through 70 cm? If so, would not the answer seem to
s just makes us
to critical at times of our radios.
73,
Fred/N0AZZ
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Lew Phelps, N6LEW, mentioned the FT-736R.
I have one, and used it for many years when I was living on top of a decent
hill in New Hampshire.
I briefly flirted with the idea of buying an IC-9100 to replace my IC-746Pro
AND the FT-736R, but
after reading many review articles, as well as the discu
I like it but add full duplex, rotator control, automatic Doppler shift and
crossband ability. Plus native Bluetooth as a fourth audio source or control
option and USB (control with audio) for a fifth option.
Making it an optional network appliance would simplify remoting too, just plug
in th
There's a niche in the ham radio market that once was filled by the Yaesu
FT-736. Even though it's semi-obsolete technologically, mediocre in receive
quality, and known to have a number of maintenance issues, the '736 still is
going on eBay for $700 to $1,000, depending on which modules it has i
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