[Elecraft] K2 with DSP module

[Phil Wheeler]

Don Brown wrote:

>Hi Gang
>
>I was just wondering - would it be possible to make a DSP board that wou=
ld plug in place of the SSB board. The DSP could take care of the SSB sig=
nal generation on transmit and filtering on receive as well as all of the=
 things DSP can do with a CW signal such as adjustable bandwidth, heterod=
yne elimination and noise reduction. I know there would be the problems o=
f digital noise from the processor to solve but with proper shielding the=
y could be overcome. Maybe Elecraft has already got something like this i=
n the works. They seem to surprise us every few months with something new=
 to add to the basic radio (and extract cash from us all ;-) or maybe thi=
s would be the K3. Frankly I don't know how much more you can stuff into =
the box as it is now. So if the K3 is a new radio with a little larger bo=
x then some of the other minor problems could be addressed at the same ti=
me such as frequency drift and maybe a little more information on the dis=
play. Again I don't have any inside information just wondering.
>
Very unlikely, especially at the K2's IF freq and in the K2's envelope=20
-- esp with the KPA100 in place :-)

73, Phil