[Elecraft] No K3 in the near future

[tlogan7@cox.net]

I would LOVE to see an Elecraft general coverage rx with 
asynchronous AM detection, selectable USB/LSB sync etc.
73/Tim

> > As an alternative in the interim, I think a general coverage 
> > swl reciever would sell well. I'd like one.
> 
> I was just talking about that with someone else. It could be 
> done the Elecraft way: narrow bandpass filters for each
> SWL band (which helps with rx performance, as you know). 
> Should cover all SWL bands from 2.3 MHz up to 26 MHz. 
> For SWL, a product detector could be optional but it MUST
> have AM detection. To be a real winner, it should have 
> synchronous AM detection -- selectable USB/LSB sync is also
> a plus here. 
> 
> Filtering should be from 6 kHz on down to perhaps 1.8.
> 
> For rx, not as many menu items are needed, so this may free
> up (in the same PIC space we have in the K2) room for features
> like passband tuning, and who knows what else. 
> 
> No transmit section, so that gives some cost/space leeway
> if the rig is designed to be about the size of a K2.
> 
> It may not cover below 2.3 MHz...though I suppose if they
> split the MW broadcast band up into 100 or 200 kHz segments with
> associated bandpass filters it would be a killer setup for BCB DXing
> performance. 
> 
> If such a receiver could be had for <$400, it would really knock
> people's socks off. Casual SWLing doesn't require as bulletproof
> a design, but to do real SWL DX, you need good filters, good audio,
> and immunity to images. And a sync detector can really do the job
> when it comes to pulling up a weak, fady signal out of the mud.
> 
> Alternatively, people might find an Elecraft SW converter fun -- same idea
> with switched bandpass coverage and output to 7 MHz to use it with any
> receiver (dust off the old 75A-4).
> 
> Not that I expect Elecraft to jump on this, but it's sure fun to speculate,
> isn't it!?