I don't see a lot of daylight between the KX1 and the K1. My 'little' rig is a K2, but I've been very tempted to get a K1, too.
On 4/8/2011 8:59 AM, Mike Morrow wrote: > Doug wrote: > >> One other thing: I really wish Wayne and Eric would peal off one of >> their talented junior engineers and design a K0. (K zero). A single >> band superhet with 2-3 watts out and super compact. > > So...maybe a K0-15 for 15 meters. I like that concept. > > Before the K1 became available in 2000, I had built three of Dave Benson's > Small Wonder Labs DSW series of mono-band PIC- and DDS-technology QRP rigs. > I still have the DSW-20, -30, and -40 and they remain great and very > innovative QRP transceivers. Wonderful rigs! > > My only issue with those $130 (in 1999) units was that the operating system > allowed ONLY iambic mode B keying, which I consider an abomination. :-) > However, Jackson Harbor Press produced a direct plug-in replacement PIC > (controller) for $7 (!!) called the DSWK that offered many additional > features over the original SWL PIC, including selectable iambic keying > mode (just like Elecraft). > > The DSW (and later DSW-II) with the DSWK PIC created what is IMHO still > the neatest small mono-band QRP rig of all time. Unfortunately, Dave > discontinued the DSW series several years ago, leaving that market empty. > I regret not having purchased a DSW-II-80 when it was available. > > Today I almost always use the K1, but sometimes I will take one of the DSWs > when I just want a very small mono-band set. > > Elecraft advanced the PIC/DDS concept to the multi-band feature-rich KX1 all > in a small package, yet I also believe there's still something appealing about > a smaller, simpler, mono-band rig. A new Elecraft rig that combined some > characteristics of the SWL DSW-II and the (don't laugh) MFJ Cub would be > great. > The DSW characteristic would mean a rig that needed NO LED or LCD display. > All > control response output would be Morse. The MFJ Cub characteristic would mean > a rig with all the "boring drudgery" components being machine pre-assembled > surface-mounted to the PCB. Only a few major components that mostly determine > the operating frequency would be required to be hand assembled by the builder. > Such a rig could be put together in an evening while encountering much less > opportunity for construction error. (There'd be much less demand on Elecraft > tech support for troubleshooting.) Choose a DDS chip that can be clocked > high enough to allow a 15m model, use a four-pole IF filter, and provide an > AGC circuit. Mono-band CW perfection! > > I'd buy a couple, maybe more. > > Mike / KK5F -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
