[Elecraft] Any Consideration of a Receive Only K3?

[drewko]

Instead of removing circuitry from the K3 for SWL use, why not add
some... 

For SWLing the best thing that could happen to the K3 would be to add
an internal mains power supply (for receive use only). Then the K3
would be a self-contained receiver instead of having to be tethered to
an external supply. An external supply is an acceptable limitation for
a transmitter but very unsuitable for a light, portable receiver. 

I suppose a 1-amp "wall wart" having a power-pole plug would do the
job, as long as you are careful not to transmit. Still, I'm not too
crazy about wall wart supplies-- got a whole drawer full of them. It
would be great if the K3 had a standard IEC power cord socket so it
could be used as a grab and go receiver. 

Also, for SWLing the K3 could use a better scanner, and frequency
memory management.

73,
Drew
AF2Z



On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:17:40 -0800, Dave Rickmers wrote:

>A version minus the 12 Watt exciter would be very easy to implement, 
>would it not?  The SWL BCBDXer community is interested.  The DSP 
>synchronous detector will be a major attraction for shortwave listeners.
>
>Dave Rickmers
>KD6IL
>K3 #3842
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