[Elecraft] K3 pan-adapter question

[Larry Phipps]

Sorry for not responding to this earlier, but I receive digests, so 
threads can go awhile before I see them. I don't think this is the forum 
for this discussion, therefore I have launched an LP-PAN User Group at 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LP-PAN/.  I will address some of the 
questions raised today on the Elecraft reflector later tonight on my 
user group.

The group is open to all interested parties.

73, and see 'ya there...
Larry N8LP


> Message: 11 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:07:23 -0500 From: Jack Smith 
> <jack.smith at cliftonlaboratories.com> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 
> pan-adapter question To: Dave-Boat Guy <anavig8or at yahoo.com> Cc: 
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net Message-ID: 
> <47B2EB8B.4020406 at cliftonlaboratories.com> Content-Type: text/plain; 
> charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Dave: I'll leave it to Larry to 
> announce his pricing strategy when he is ready. Until then, I would 
> take the $300-$500 "estimate" as completely uninformed speculation for 
> the reasons you well articulate. Jack K8ZOA Dave-Boat Guy wrote:
>> > Hi,  
>> > I was looking at the Clifton Laboratories (Jack
>> > Smith)website and comparing his panoramic adapter to
>> > TelepostInc (Larry Phipps) LP-PAN.
>> >
>> > It seems to me that the Clifton Laboratories adapter
>> > is a sophisticated spectrum analyzer with a lot of
>> > well developed software and requisite electronics. 
>> > >From what I can tell, the LP-PAN is an integration
>> > effort of a basic SoftRock module, isolation
>> > amplifier, and isolation transformers...nothing too
>> > sophisticated and no software.
>> >
>> > I am curious if the mentioned prices for the LP-PAN
>> > are accurate ($300-$500).  That puts it in the same
>> > price range as a more sophisticated piece of hardware
>> > (and SW), the Clifton Laboratories spectrum monitor. 
>> > With the cost of parts for a SoftRock module and an
>> > isolation amplifier and some transformers and perhaps
>> > some LDO regulators, I can't see how there is more
>> > than $15-$25 worth of parts, another $10-$20 for a
>> > board, and perhaps $20 for a chassis.  From my school
>> > of thought, sophisticated electronics (with
>> > software/firmware) normally is priced from 2.4 to 3X
>> > material costs, so the LP-PAN anticipated cost seems
>> > really high...unless I'm missing something.  I'm just
>> > trying to figure out the cost of a K3 ala panoramic
>> > display station.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> >
>> >       
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