[Elecraft] ordered the kpa100

[Ken Allen]

Hi Jack,

I'm definitely interested in the K2 version panadapter.  How about designing it to fit in the Elecraft EC2 case and selling the boards & components and let the buyer do the packaging.  Shouldn't be a big deal for a kit builder to put a few holes in a case to mount the controls and connectors.  No built in display needed if you can use a pc as the display.

Keep us posted.  See you in Dayton.

Ken, KB8KE
K2 #5534

----- Original Message ----
From: Jack Smith <jack.smith at cliftonlaboratories.com>
To: Brett gazdzinski <brett.gazdzinski at verizonbusiness.com>
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2007 10:29:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ordered the kpa100


Brett gazdzinski wrote:
> I sent an Email to Jack Smith about a Z90 panadaptor kit,
> but there are none left.
> That would have been just the thing to go with the homebrew receivers
> and the K2.
>
>
>   
For Brett and the list. Yes, all the Z90/91 kits are spoken for.

However, if there is enough demand, there might be a "son of Z90" kit 
later this year, more aimed at the K2 user, with reduced price and 
simplified functionality. It would also include an updated K2 IF buffer 
output board, perhaps slightly reduced in size via more components on 
the bottom.

Whether this happens will depend on expressions of interest. I have a 
two simple projects to wrap up to show at Dayton (the Z1502 TDR adapter 
and, of more interest to the K2 community, the Z100 LED Tuning Bar CW 
and RTTY tuning aid, currently undergoing beta testing).

So, if enough K2'ers want a panadapter I'll work on the new edition. Way 
too early for detailed information, other than it will likely have one 
selectivity position, around 2 KHz BW and will scan 500 KHz at max and 
perhaps 50 KHz at minimum. It will not have the signal generator output 
and will be capable of working with perhaps 2 IF frequencies, and those 
IF frequencies will be determined by a combination of hardware and 
software, i.e., no DDS in this model, as a cost-reduction feature. 

It will have software similar to the Z90-Control version 2.0, including 
"point and shoot" tuning for K2 transceivers. I would like to package it 
in a case similar in styling to the K2, but that's a real price point 
problem for the small volume I anticipate.

If you want to see this happen, send me a message expressing your 
interest in purchasing such a kit, assuming a reasonable price. And, 
tell me how important it is to you to (a) have an LCD display versus 
computer-only and (b) would you be willing to pay an extra $75 for a 
K2-styled enclosure. (This also limits the size of the LCD, but that's 
probably necessary in the first place for reduced price design.)



Jack K8ZOA
www.cliftonlaboratories.com
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