[Elecraft] 3 technical questions

[Wes]

I'm sticking my neck out here but I think one driver is cost and that includes 
assembly and tuning. The K3S for example has some hand soldered parts and if 
mine is a representative sample, some selected-at-test parts, with attendant QC 
issues.

Wes  N7WS

On 5/29/2019 4:01 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> I understand what direct sampling is and how it works.  Why is it preferable 
> [or whatever other positive term you might want to use] to the superhet design 
> of the K3(s)?  I'm curious what sampling the entire spectrum from 0.1 MHz to 
> 54 MHz buys me?