[Elecraft] New product suggestion

[John Ragle]

One could build a resistive load into the box, thereby avoiding the 
antenna coax. Also, one could disconnect the microphone and remove all 
the knobs, etc. from the front panel! How about just potting the whole 
thing in concrete?

John Ragle -- W1zI

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On 4/8/2011 5:39 PM, drewko wrote:
> The "idea" is to get rid of the extra box, cables and connectors: just
> a line cord to the back of the K3 providing a more transportable
> low-power or receive-only setup. Seems kind of elegant to me...
>
> 73,
> Drew
> AF2Z
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> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:11:03 -0400, you wrote:
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>> Threads like this one about power supplies must make both the
>> transceiver manufacturers and power supply manufacturers gnash their
>> teeth and give up in despair! The market already contains a number of
>> very small, interference-free supplies that fit this idea: Pyramid, for
>> example makes a 30 A. 13.8 V. switcher that measures 8"X8.5"X2.5" that
>> sells for a reasonable price, and Tandy also sells one, slightly
>> smaller, that delivers 20 A. I have three of these, quite a bit smaller
>> than a K2, that work beautifully. They sit about 4" from my K3 and my
>> ICOM 910H, and produce no discernible interference whatever.
>>
>> There may be a need for a much higher capacity switcher -- I have not
>> been able to find one that would replace my 2-ton-Tessie Astron 70  --
>> but the low end is very well covered. It seems quite counter-productive
>> to shunt high-quality transceiver engineers into the power supply
>> business...
>> to me that the power supply issue is pretty well covered.
>>
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