[Elecraft] RE: KPLUS (K3) Needed .....

[Ken Alexander]

Doug,

Man, I like the way you think!  

Guys at Elecraft:  what Doug said, ditto for me, OK?

73,

Ken Alexander
VE3HLS



--- DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL <dougzzz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Heh heh heh...this is why we are still waiting for
> the next
> iteration...lack of consensus.
> 
> I don't see anything different with your wish list
> compared to the K2
> with options other than the "bigger mechanics" and
> GC rx (which I
> don't want).
> 
> Speaking as a contester (a rare breed among qrpers),
> my wish list includes:
> 
> 1.  Faster tuning rate without having to resort to
> 0.1kc steps.  A
> bigger knob would be fine, but not really mandatory
> if the rate were
> faster.  Yeah, I know about the after market swap. 
> Even my FT817
> (with an itsy-bitsy knob) tunes faster and just a
> smoothly.
> 
> 2.  Completely independant VFO's (ie, all parameters
> separate, such as
> my pet peeves, mode and filter selection).  PLEASE
> PLEASE
> 
> 3.  Optocoupled RIT/XIT with "clear" button. 
> MANDATORY!!!!!
> 
> 4.  Freq readout for both VFO's and RIT/XIT offset
> (three separate
> displays)  GOTTA HAVE IT.
> 
> 5.  A faster/easier way (front panel knob) to adjust
> the sidetone/cw
> offset would be nice.  This is a fatigue fighting
> tool.  Going via the
> menu isn't terrible, but not efficient for
> contesting.  Sometimes you
> just need a change of pace.  NICE TO HAVE, but I
> could live w/o it.
> Also, since contesters use a computer for keying,
> swapping this
> function with the keyer speed would be just FINE
> with me.  I know it's
> a loser for the portable crowd.
> 
> Frankly, during contesting, you don't twiddle the
> controls much.  The
> VFO moves all the times.  If you are running, the
> RIT is always
> moving' and you may pump in/out to a narrower filter
> setting (and it
> would be real nice to SEE that displayed full time
> also).
> 
> If you are playing around with PBT or IF shift or
> DSP or NR, well, you
> are not winning the contest.
> 
> As for SSB (which I don't much care for), an
> external AF to RF to AF
> clipper would be fine.  Internal RF clipping even
> better.  Of course,
> that would mean purchasing the SSB module.  LOL
> 
> de Doug KR2Q
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