[Elecraft] No 10m band on K1

[Wallace, Andy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: N2EY@aol.com [mailto:N2EY@aol.com]
> 
> Note that the Sierra doesn't offer a stock 10 meter band module.

It does now:

http://www.fix.net/~jparker/wilderness/sierra.htm

160-10 available (they don't bundle that on the webpage; you have
to call for pricing so it may mean he special orders the parts).

You can see the Sierra in the K1's family tree, that's for sure!

I do like the idea of the variable bandwidth pot on the Sierra. 
The K1 does the same thing in three selectable steps, of course,
but if they had room for a pot instead of a memory setting for the 
filter some folks would probably prefer it. 

> Why ruin the surprise? You KNOW it's going to be something 
> really sweet, so what's the rush?

True. I never could keep my hand out of the cookie jar, though!

> I am reminded of the film '60s Charlton Heston film about 
> Michelango where he's painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 
> and the pope keeps asking him "when will you be finished?"

Let's hope Wayne and Eric have better ergonomics in their lab!

> I can imagine:
> 
> - a genuine Elecraft "remoteable" antenna tuner

I've said before that would be a neat idea. My shack is in an inside
room and the coax runs down a hall to a window feeding the randomwire. 
Sure would be less TVI if I could remote the tuner at the window and
have 50Z coax from rig to tuner. 

> - K2 in a bigger case that lets you have all the options in 
> one box (100W, tuner, battery, etc.)

Now there's an idea, and it may just be a sheetmetal design issue!

> - I/O box for control of remote devices

That was hinted at last year.

> - SWL receiver or adapter

Would love to see that, especially with sideband selectable sync detector.

> - DSP unit

*shrug* after all these years I guess I am just used to static crashes.

> Time will tell!

Yes -- and I was only kidding...if something's coming, I can wait
at least until the Dayton timeframe! ;-)

Andy