I would take one if it worked on the K2 and the 455 kHz of the homebrew receivers.
I would use it mostly on the AM mode, those steady carriers show up real well on a panadaptor! I don't need anything fancy, but would want a built in screen. A case is not important, it would be kind of cool to build it into the receivers themselves. A tube AM receiver with a digital readout and a panadaptor, what a mix of old and new! Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:30 AM > To: Brett gazdzinski > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ordered the kpa100 > > > > Brett gazdzinski wrote: > > I sent an Email to Jack Smith about a Z90 panadaptor kit, > > but there are none left. > > That would have been just the thing to go with the homebrew > receivers > > and the K2. > > > > > > > For Brett and the list. Yes, all the Z90/91 kits are spoken for. > > However, if there is enough demand, there might be a "son of Z90" kit > later this year, more aimed at the K2 user, with reduced price and > simplified functionality. It would also include an updated K2 > IF buffer > output board, perhaps slightly reduced in size via more components on > the bottom. > > Whether this happens will depend on expressions of interest. I have a > two simple projects to wrap up to show at Dayton (the Z1502 > TDR adapter > and, of more interest to the K2 community, the Z100 LED Tuning Bar CW > and RTTY tuning aid, currently undergoing beta testing). > > So, if enough K2'ers want a panadapter I'll work on the new > edition. Way > too early for detailed information, other than it will likely > have one > selectivity position, around 2 KHz BW and will scan 500 KHz > at max and > perhaps 50 KHz at minimum. It will not have the signal > generator output > and will be capable of working with perhaps 2 IF frequencies, > and those > IF frequencies will be determined by a combination of hardware and > software, i.e., no DDS in this model, as a cost-reduction feature. > > It will have software similar to the Z90-Control version 2.0, > including > "point and shoot" tuning for K2 transceivers. I would like to > package it > in a case similar in styling to the K2, but that's a real price point > problem for the small volume I anticipate. > > If you want to see this happen, send me a message expressing your > interest in purchasing such a kit, assuming a reasonable price. And, > tell me how important it is to you to (a) have an LCD display versus > computer-only and (b) would you be willing to pay an extra $75 for a > K2-styled enclosure. (This also limits the size of the LCD, > but that's > probably necessary in the first place for reduced price design.) > > > > Jack K8ZOA > www.cliftonlaboratories.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
