Well, USD25 for the old synthesizers is good enough for me and I will be happy to sell it. However, I cannot think of any interesting project for it. 73 Johnny VR2XMC 寄件人︰ inventor61 . <invento...@gmail.com> 收件人︰ elecraft@mailman.qth.net 傳送日期︰ 2015年06月25日 (週四) 10:18 AM 主題︰ [Elecraft] [K3] ideas for re-purposing our old K3 synthesizers I printed out the schematic of the original K3 synthesizer module. The diagram says 'rev. A4' and is dated 8 Jan 2010. Hope that's close to the as-built! (probably is)
This gizmo appears to have an output range from 8.7 to 46 MHz. I don't know how much sauce it can develop but I have to imagine +10 dBm or so into 50 ohms, I bet it's flat across that range, and it looks like the thing would be whistle-clean. To get that, it needs a tight 49.38 MHz reference oscillator (I found a 0.5PPM TCXO for ~$30 from mainland China), and several common DC supply voltages. It also needs a small microcontroller or other way of providing the correct serial peripheral interface command lines and interaction. That processor would also control the output frequency, perhaps with an encoder, or whatever human interface might make sense. But first, I am trying to see if developing a 'host' PCB would even be fiscally wise to design and construct. I mean, who needs a 8.7 to 46 MHz VFO? And, how mad would Eric or Wayne be with me about the ... um ... semi-inverse engineering research ... I'd have to do to make this thing operate? On the other hand, I wager there's a thousand-plus of these modules sitting around the planet looking for something to do. The capitalist in me is intrigued. So, a bit of market investigation here: a) what would you do with such a device if you had one? bench signal generator? beacon transmitter? VFO for another radio? b) would you pay, say, $100 for a host board to operate your now-surplus synthesizer? c) if someone *else *needed YOUR spare module for THEIR project, what would you be willing to sell it to them for? Free? $25? More? 73 es tnx Steve KZ1X/4 <kz1x at yahoo . com> ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com