[Elecraft] Fw: K3 and CW Skimmer

[David Gilbert]

Hi, Bill.

Yeah, I understand all that, but it just seems that having a second 
receiver in the K3 but not being able to monitor it with the P3 sounds 
like more of an oversight than simply the avoidance of a niche market.   
After all, the N2QT modification is almost negligible in terms of cost, 
and the software mod to CW Skimmer is so simple that even I was able to 
figure it out before I ever saw the N2QT mod ... and I'm almost 
illiterate software-wise.  I'd bet that most people with a KRX3 and a P3 
wish they were capable of working together.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 2/21/2012 4:49 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote:
> David Gilbert wrote
>> Even more useful in my opinion, the N2QT hardware mod allows you to
>> monitor the activity on another band ... subject of course to the K3 low
>> pass filter considerations.  I never understood why Elecraft didn't
>> provide for that capability, or why they've never subsequently offered a
>> mod to do it.    It seemed especially odd not to have that feature once
>> the P3 became available.
>>
> It's a marketing decision.  There's a limited market for adding IF OUT to
> the KRX3 versus simply buying another K3 and doing true SO2R.  The more
> complexity and cost you add, the smaller the potential market.  Elecraft has
> so much low hanging fruit to pick with their limited engineering resources
> that they don't need to chase niche markets.
>
> If I was doing SO2R (and didn't need diversity for the low bands), I'd
> configure 2 basic K3s with KXV3 and one CW filter each.  If you're clever
> you can find recent units for<$1600 (K3/100+KXV3+filter)...or about the
> same as a new TS-590S.  I recently bought a 2011 unit with that invested by
> deconfiguring many options I didn't need.  IMHO this is preferable for SO2R
> contesting versus one K3 loaded with everything.
>
> So far Elecraft has not made many bad marketing decisions.  When and if they
> do a K4, I hope they don't fall victim to the FT9000/IC7800 Swiss knife
> mentality.  I doubt that will happen as long as they keep their modularity
> mindset.
>
> While on this topic, here's a marketing hint for folks selling K3s loaded
> with whistles and bells.  Deconfigure most of your options and sell them
> separately.  You'll address a much wider market and get higher prices than
> if you attempt to force a more limited market to buy the exact configuration
> you have.
>
> 73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
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