[Elecraft] More Questions: K3

[Lyle Johnson]

Toby,

Lyle here stepping in while Wayne gets a little well-deserved shut-eye.

>> variable passband models that closely track DSP I.F. and A.F. filtering
> 
> Is this with the 5 or the 8 pole filters? Or is this a tba?

Mot yet completely finalized.

>> Down-conversion architecture with narrow ham-band filtering for
>> superior close-in dynamic range
> 
> Down to what? 5MHz, 455kHz ...

8.215 MHz.

>  Image rejection?

Excellent.  Numbers for this, IMD3, BDR, etc. will be forthcoming.  We 
need to be sure we've got it right before we release them.

Preliminary numbers beat the K2 in every respect.

>> 32-bit I.F. DSP
> 
> Is the an API for roll your own DSP/SDR code?

No, but there is a very responsive design team that will be adding new 
features, and with all firmware and programmable logic being Flash based 
and updateable over the computer port, today's K3 will be just a new as 
next year's.

And *every* feature and function you can control from the front panel 
you can control remotely, so for those folks who want to put the radio 
in a closet -- or a remote base -- and use a virtual control panel on 
their PC< the hooks are all in place, and there will be an API for that :-)


73,

Lyle KK7P