[Elecraft] ordered the kpa100

[Brett gazdzinski]

 I would take one if it worked on the K2 and the 
455 kHz of the homebrew receivers.

I would use it mostly on the AM mode, those steady carriers
show up real well on a panadaptor!

I don't need anything fancy, but would want a built in
screen. A case is not important, it would be kind of cool
to build it into the receivers themselves.

A tube AM receiver with a digital readout and a panadaptor,
what a mix of old and new!

Brett
N2DTS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Smith [mailto:jack.smith at cliftonlaboratories.com] 
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:30 AM
> To: Brett gazdzinski
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> 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
>