[Elecraft] P3 Naysayer

[Brett Howard]

I believe that Wayne agrees with you.  From what I've seen the power
supply in the box is something that one can have or not.  I think that
it'll probably come as a kit and you'll be able to select what pieces
you want.... This Elecraft after all!  ;)  

I'm in the same boat where all I want out of the P3 is the panadapter.
I've got an Astron and a pair of speakers that keep me happy...

I await (kinda) patiently for the Panadapter.

~Brett (KC7OTG)

On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 19:04 -0600, William Carver wrote:
> A two-box solution would look neat. Certainly a technological Tour de
> Force for Elecraft.
> 
> But the STAR really is a STEREO device. I never use it without SFX
> turned on. You DO turn your SFX on, don't you? I have a homebrew 2x20W
> amp and two bookshelf speakers that I use with the K3. So would there be
> a matching separate speaker cabinet made available?
> 
> I run my station  off a bank of 2V wetcells  in series, the kind that
> provide backup power in a telephone company substation, with a 20A
> "smart charger". I'd have no use for the power supply. So my P3, IF it
> was offered in the configuration of no audio amp, speaker or power
> supply would be largely empty.
> 
> I'm not stupid, I REALIZE "that's your problem/choice". But keep in mind
> that power supplies, audio amps, and speakers approach being
> commodities, as well as being specialties of their own. And although my
> batteries are a little odd, there are obviously folks who are running
> their K3 off an old Astron supply and dreaming of the day they have
> enough bucks to order the second receiver. And have their own
> speakers...maybe shared with other rigs. Packing everything into one
> "accessory" box violates some of the traditional modularity and
> expandability of the K3 and create an accessory that tends to exclude
> those who don't have money to burn?
> 
> Bill - W7AAZ
> 
> 
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