[Elecraft] A case for W1?

[Craig D. Smith]

I've been pondering this also.  I love Elecraft kits and will no doubt be
purchasing a W1 because it seems that it should have good performance, is
reasonably priced, and I will enjoy building it.  That said, I have a BIG
question mark about why they did the packaging design the way they did.  It
seems far from optimal from a usability point-of-view.

I understand why they wanted to keep it PC board based rather than including
an enclosure that would require a much higher selling price.  But the design
is tall and narrow with the display on the top.  If a person were to enclose
it in a box with the LEDs visible, the box would be tall and tippy with
heavy coax at the top.  NOT at all practical!

My wish would be for a two board design with the "display board" just
containing the LEDs.  This would be connected to the sensing and computation
board by a multi-conductor cable.  That way, we could use any number of
practical enclosure designs and make a very nice looking totally enclosed
power/swr meter.  Also the possibility would exist to build it as two units
with a remote display.  I guess the good news is that the computer display
should be handy and useable via a serial to USB adapter.

       73
                 ... Craig  AC0DS