Have a look at the mod. Other than trying to make Elecraft justify each additional nickel, it's really whether you want to upgrade the DSP board or not.
You do the stuff yourself, you're responsible for what happens, or doesn't. Especially if you use a non-Elecraft mod. Replace/mod the board by the rules and you're still in the stream for future changes. You're in the middle of a work-in-progress by a responsive and sharp company. Any of you out there think you're superior to what Elecraft is doing? And privy to the legally private intellectual property that is driving it (and they'd be crazy to publish)? I'm sure a very few of you are. But if not, you going to take that on in a 4K$ radio over a cost differential less than the price of a restaurant meal? Sounds like dropping the pound to save the shilling to me. I'm going to order the board. Have other things to spend time on. Looking at the picture of the LPF replacement board convinced me. There's more than meets the eye. The little work I have done on my K3 were to restore it to spec (repair) or upgrade it to a new spec, not redesign it. When a problem has been hashed out on the reflector/lists, and Elecraft has taken it on, I want the Elecraft solution. I've not seen anything done on Elecraft equipment akin to W8JI's famous Drake or Yaesu mods. Unlikely on Elecraft, because Wayne & co. would have picked it up early on, re-engineered it to a commercially feasible way to permanently incorporate it. 73, Guy. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Julian, G4ILO <julian.g4...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > DaveL G3TJP wrote: > > > > Note, working with 0603 size SMT components is not a task to be > undertaken > > lightly. Considerable skill is needed to remove existing components and > > substitute the replacement values. > > > I have very little experience with SMT components but I recall that I had > to > remove a couple to do one of the earlier K3 mods. I just used two soldering > irons and applied them to both ends of the part at the same time and it was > off in a jiffy. MUCH easier than removing parts from thru-hole boards. > > So is this really as difficult as people make out? > > ----- > Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. > * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com > * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html > * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/DIY-DSP-Rev-D-tp4238315p4239293.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
