[Elecraft] Future R radio dreamin'

[Bill Schwantes]

I've been watching this K radio wish list thread and I liked where it went.
I too would like to see a new  Elecraft "KV3"  as a technical update to the
venerable Yaesu FT-736r.  Some features of interest are:

-  Dual simultaneous receive; switchable among the VHF bands; 50 and 144 as
a minimum. Selectable transmit on either single band.

-  Dual band stereo audio with each receiver in each ear. Also front panel
selectable for both ears on one receiver or the other

-  Optional modular capability for 222, 432, 902/3 and 1296 Mhz bands

-  State of the art receive performance with respect to sensitivity without
external (PR-6 type) pre-amplification.

-  K3 receive performance with respect to strong adjacent signal rejection.

-  Future 70 Mhz  expansion capability

-  Architecture similar to K3/0 or KX3 type user interface with remote
black box for RF power handling, switching, sequencing and cooling chores.
Feedlines, external keying, external  IF, freq reference would interface
with the remote box, and some infrequently accessed user adjustments would
reside there.  User interfaces, mic, key/paddle, external PC would connect
to the user interface box.

-  Seperate RF inputs/outputs for each band with user defined TR switching
or seperate rcv and xmt paths

-  Compatible with P3 and /or other graphical displays

-  100 watt power output on 6 and 2 meters, 25+ watt power output on 1.25 M
and 70 cm bands; 10+ watts on 33 and 23 cm bands

-  Separately adjustable output power for each band with no key-up power
spike.

 -  High duty cycle transmit capability

-  Capability to discipline IF and LO frequencies with an internal or
external  precision 10 Mhz reference.

- Available zero dBm (1 milliwatt) drive on 28 and 144 Mhz selectable per
band for external transverters

-  Integrated KRC2 type band decoder

-  Integrated five event sequencer for each band with the "KV3" keying
selectable as any one of those  five events. Menu selectable event delay
and per band external electrical access on each sequenced event.

-  Variable VFO doppler correction rates for each receiver
-  Mode change from SSB to CW without VFO change
Sweet dreams..........

Bill W7QQ