[Elecraft] MFJ's new Internal K3 Tuner, anyone tried one yet?

[Don Wilhelm]

I know that answer - Lyle Johnson K7PP wanted a DSP in his K2 - he was 
the designer of the DSPx module which is the upper board.
Lyle was not an Elecraft employee at that time.
He reverse engineered the AUXBUS communications sufficiently to support 
an interface between his board and the K2 control board.
As I understand it, that initial DSP implementation was for Lyle's own 
use.  He later presented it to Elecraft and it was adopted as an 
Elecraft option.  Lyle did not sell the KDSP2 independently.
The difference between the KDSP2 and the MFJ tuner is that MFJ is 
independently selling an internal K3 "option"  It is an aftermarket 
option and will not be supported by Elecraft.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/12/2015 2:13 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> My K2 doesn't have the DSP option and it works just fine.  I'll bite 
> ... how did the K2 DSP option happen?
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
> - www.cqp.org
>
> On 5/12/2015 5:35 AM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
>> I guess none of you guys know how the K2 wound up having a DSP in it.
>