[Elecraft] Re: K3 - Initial Thoughts

[Ed K1EP]

At 4/30/2007 01:30 AM, wayne burdick wrote:
>Craig D. Smith wrote:
>
>>
>>When I first read the Elecraft K3 announcement, I was still thinking
>>FT-2000.   Then later Elecraft mentioned that a panadaptor would follow in a
>>few months.  I think that the panadaptor design will, for me, be the
>>deciding factor between FT-2000 and K3.  If it contains/supports a large
>>color LCD, has good features, is reasonably priced and also supports large
>>color display of K3 front panel info (ala IC-7000 remote display), then it
>>could have LOTS of appeal to these aging eyes and swing things back towards
>>Elecraft.  I don't think that price alone will be the deciding factor
>>between these two rigs for most folks.
>
>Craig, our goal is to create the highest-performance panadapter available. This project will be kicked off soon, and we may see it by the end of the year.

There will be a lot of debate about the display in a panadapter or bandscope.  Size, cost, color (Orion I), and resolution all will be a factor.  My opinion is, don't put one in or at least have a model available without one.  LCD displays are so plentiful these days and many have one or more in the shack already.  Make the panadapter or bandscope available with just a VGA output.  It will be smaller, cheaper and more versatile.  

My $0.02
Ed Parish K1EP
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