[Elecraft] [KX3] ADC/DAC access, keyer input

[Fred Jensen]

One fundamental attraction of Elecraft gear [out of a countable infinity 
of attractions, it seems] is its modularity ... you pay for what you 
want.  You want an autotuner for your K2, you purchase the KAT2.  Don't 
want it?  Don't buy it, and your K2 still works, it just wants to see 
something close to 50 + j0 ohms at the SO-239.  Maybe you already have 
another way to make that happen.

I-Q digital output signals are important to some.  Despite the fact that 
I actually know what quadrature signals are and what you can do with 
them, they are of zero interest to me and I really don't want to pay for 
them, however they might be implemented.  I sincerely hope that the 
almost extreme modularity that, among many other things, makes Elecraft 
radios unique and highly desirable continues.  If digital I-Q signals 
are a trivial cost, fine.  If not, I hope they are implemented in a 
module and those for whom they're important can shoulder the cost.

73,

Fred Jensen
Auburn CA

On 8/19/2011 2:54 PM, Jessie Oberreuter wrote:
>
>        Yes, the I/Q data is already in digital form inside the KX3, so -- in
> theory -- it should be easy to just pump it to the outside world in
> digital form.  The challenges are with the standards for that transfer.