It's worth asking around as there are a lot of unbuilt SoftRock kits around. I think people were either frightened off by the SMT parts or they just never got around to it. Building it is harder than doing a K3 mod.
I do wonder how many people have actually tried the SoftRock on a K3 without a buffer amp to see if it is really necessary? I believe the buffer amp was originally intended for use with the K2, which does not have a steep sided crystal filter to prevent the LO getting into the IF. Don makes a valid warning about the possibility of the LO activating the hardware AGC but has anyone actually validated if that is the case? The SoftRock is meant to be a cheap solution so it seems a bit out of proportion to use a buffer amp that costs twice the price of a SoftRock kit. I found an article here http://www.kingsqueak.org/stuff/softrock_IF_tap.pdf that shows a buffer amp that can be built from parts most people probably already have, and that's what I intend to try once I finish building my SoftRock if I find that I need it. ----- 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/OT-Softrock-for-K3-IF-tp4269613p4271379.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
