[Elecraft] Neat K3 Video!

[Don Rasmussen]

Joe - my original post pointed out the great success
of the K3 initial production release, they did a
terrific job of rolling radios out there without
unforseen problems out of the box. 

Most wouldn't consider the fact that the radio was
released without an interface that you consider to be
important to be in the category of unforseen problems
on initial delivery.

Maybe an unforseen problem of your own - oh my gosh I
may need to build a switching cable. ;-)

--- "Joe Subich, W4TV" <w4tv at subich.com> wrote:

> 
> > I guess I have to leave you room for your opinion
> > Jerry, but it's a newly released radio and the
> > function you mention is working as engineered. 
> > 
> > It's not like the radio is popping finals, has RFI
> > shielding problems, or "hangs" periodically.
> 
> No, this is a case of "not invented here" - a
> complete 
> failure to understand what is already in the market
> and 
> in the shack of users who would be expected to adopt
> the 
> new radio.  
> 
> To Jerry's list I would add a limited implementation
> of 
> RX antenna switching.  Simply expanding the existing
> 
> relay in the KXV3 from DPDT to 4PDT and inverting
> one 
> control line when RX Ant is selected for the main rx
> 
> would allow completely independent selection of
> receive 
> or transmit antenna for the second receiver.  Again,
> 
> like the ALC polarity or sense of the CW inhibit
> loop, 
> it should be relatively easy to hack an external fix
> 
> but it should not be necessary in a radio of this
> class. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
>    ... Joe, W4TV 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> > [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Don Rasmussen
> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 5:03 PM
> > To: Elecraft List
> > Subject: [Elecraft] Neat K3 Video!
> > 
> > 
> > Jerry pointed out:
> > "The biggest events I have seen are pretty
> important:
> > The reversed polarity of the ALC voltage (K3 ALC
> > polarity setup is not presently compatible with
> widely
> > used amps from Yaesu and ICOM" <snip>
> > 
> > I guess I have to leave you room for your opinion
> > Jerry, but it's a newly released radio and the
> > function you mention is working as engineered. 
> > 
> > It's not like the radio is popping finals, has RFI
> > shielding problems, or "hangs" periodically.
> > 
> > I've seen all this and more with other new
> transceiver
> > offerings. It also seems the bad seems to stay far
> > longer than anyone would expect. 
> > 
> 
>