[Elecraft] Re: K2 NB

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

Morning Marinos,

Very interesting thoughts. There must be a huge pool of technical knowledge
and practical know-how amongst Elecraft's customers, a powerful combination.
Now if we could also eliminate storm static QRN - a tough nut to crack !!

73,
Geoff     GM4ESD

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marinos Markomanolakis, M.D." <sv9dru at hotmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <gmk at gm4esd.fsworld.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:35 PM
Subject: K2 NB


> A comment about the K2NB and the different reasons that we perceive as
being
> responsible for the lack of its improvement:
> Just how much would an optimized NB design cost as to become prohibitive
for
> the average Elecraft customer ??? We already have a DSP option costing
>$300
> which many people think as very important and continue buying. An
optimized
> NB is guarantied to be both more important and more desirable feature,
which
> I doubt it very much can approach the above cost. (even if it did I, and
> many other fellow Elecrafters would still go for it)
>
> On the other hand, having such an expensive NB available does not
> necessarily mean that the current design would have to be discontinued. I
am
> sure there are also many of us absolutely satisfied and delighted by the
> current NB, and some lucky hams do not even get pulse noise ever at their
> QTH's. These customers could still have the option of getting this K2NB at
> its low cost and complexity, but for heaven's sake, give the rest of us
> urban dwellers the chance to optimize our K2s.
>
> Marinos, ki4gin
>
>