[Elecraft] DSP vs. non-DSP portable transceivers

[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

If I was Eric and Wayne, I'd name the next base transceiver the K5, just 
because.

On 5/22/2018 11:26 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Hi Buck,
> 
> I’m not entirely sure how to parse your response to my posting. But I can cover several possible interpretations by pointing out that the K3S has all of the same DSP features as the KX2/KX3, and then some. The K3S also has the advantages of a superhet, with narrow crystal filters in the 1st IF protecting the ADCs.
> 
> The P3 panadapter, meanwhile, is actually a direct-sampling SDR, with its own DSP. It taps off the 1st IF, which is protected by the K3’s marrow RF band-pass filters. The P3’s noise floor is extremely low because it is also preceded by the K3’s preamp, LNA, and low-loss mixer.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR