I've already started thinking about making a smaller, lighter box for the P3 innards, for travel purposes. If I were to send it to Elecraft, I'd put it back in the original box.
73, doug PS, my apologies for any HTML mail I may have sent. On 01-Sep-10 02:09, Alan Bloom wrote: > (Giggle...) I think it actually would be possible to home-brew your own > P2. Just buy a P3, take it apart, and mount the components in an EC2 > chassis. > > The LCD display looks like it would just barely fit - you'd have to come > up with some way to mount it to the front panel. The Front Panel PC > board would probably have to be mounted at an angle so that the flex PCB > cables that come out of the LCD can reach while still having access to > the connectors on the back (bottom) side. You could wire up the switch > contacts to mechanical switches on the front panel. > > I think it would be cool if someone did that. I just want to see the > look on the face of the Elecraft customer service technician when you > send it in for repair! > > Alan N1AL > > > On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 21:48 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> Bill, >> >> The P3 already handles the K2 IF output, in fact, it handles anything >> from 455 kHz through 21.7 MHz. It is not available in the EC2 >> enclosure, but you are invited to squeeze it into that if you have >> sufficient desire (you will have to re-design the front panel). >> >> For use with the K2, you will need to bring the IF out to a rear panel >> connector. Jack Smith www.cliftonlaboratories.com has already solved >> that with his Z10000B-K2 buffer amplifier. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 8/31/2010 9:18 PM, able2...@aol.com wrote: >>> I for one would really like to see a panadaptor for the K2. In an EC2 sized >>> enclosure. >>> >>> Any others interested? >>> >>> Bill K2UJ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
