[Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] KR3 SW Receiver.

[Matt Zilmer]

Maybe if someone started working on a receive converter for 20 to 500
KHz, with TX ability on 470 to 500, the firmware would come for it?
Could test it with any IF on which the K3 can receive.  The K3 can
already be operated as a transverter IF at 1 mW for the 500 KHz range,
albeit with a few restrictions.

Too bad I don't have the time here. ....  But a lot of Elecraft
projects get started because someone from outside the company thought
them up.  If there is enough pent up demand, somebody will work on
this.

The K3 would make a !great! SWL receiver, but it isn't very well known
outside the amateur community (my guess).

73,
matt W6NIA


On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:01:31 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>My AOR AR-7030+ was over $3000 when I bought it in 2000, and it was worth every penny.
>
>There are other receivers by Ten-Tec and a few others that are more than that.  Some are sold to serious SWLs but I imagine most go to the government.  I think most serious listeners these days are using SDRs like the Perseus
>
>The K3 would need mediumwave and longwave (down to 100 kHz) coverage to be of interest to me and the listeners I hang out with.
>
>73,
>
>Ken Alexander
>VE3HLS
>
>
>
>--- On Thu, 3/17/11, Alan Bloom <n1al at sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Alan Bloom <n1al at sonic.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] KR3 SW Receiver.
>> To: Elecraft_K3 at yahoogroups.com, elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 4:14 PM
>> It would be a pretty expensive
>> shortwave receiver:
>>         
>> K3/10  $1500
>> KBPF3   $140
>>        -----
>>        $1640
>>         
>> You'd save some by eliminating the 10W PA but have to add
>> some for the
>> 8-pole 6 kHz or 13 Khz filter to replace the stock 5-pole
>> 2.7 kHz
>> filter.  Would people be willing to spend well over
>> $1500 for the best
>> SWL receiver on the market?
>>         
>>         Al N1AL
>>         
>> 
>> On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 21:51 -0700, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>> > I think you just described the K3/10 with no key or
>> mic plugged in :)
>> > 
>> > Seriously, we'd love to do this, but we don't have any
>> SWL receivers  
>> > in the works. I suppose we could offer a K3/0, i.e.
>> with the 10-W amp  
>> > module removed and transmit disabled in firmware.
>> Would there be any  
>> > interest in that?
>> > 
>> > 73,
>> > Wayne
>> > N6KR
>> > 
>> > On Mar 16, 2011, at 8:19 PM, wa9fvp wrote:
>> > 
>> > > I'm wondering if Elecraft is consifering a stand
>> alone Short wave  
>> > > receiver? It would have the same outstanding
>> "specs", roofing  
>> > > filters and DSP that the K3 has but without the
>> transmit section.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 
>> > 
>> > 
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