[TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion?

[Corboy-Poteet]

According to Elecraft, the people involved with the K3 are Eric Swartz
and Wayne Burdick, (overall concept and design and firmware) plus Lyle
Johnson KK7P (DSP, Audio,...), Bob Friess N6CM (RF, ATU, 1st
Mixer,...),  John Grebenkemper, KI6WX (Synthesizer, RX
Architecture,...), and Brian Broggie, W6FVI (manufacturing
engineering).

Eric and Wayne are Elecraft; the others involved may be "hired" for a
project based on their skills.  However, they have all been involved
in several Elecraft projects and so may have moved beyond being
contract employees.


Mike    W5FTD



> --- K4IA at aol.com wrote:

>> If so, how is it that Elecraft, not particularly known for 
>> software development 
>> can produce the software that has eluded the Orion for 4 
>> years now?  

> The person responsible for the DSP piece of the K3 is from
> what I can tell an "outsourced" provider and not actually a
> member of Elecraft payroll. Ditto for much of the K3's
> hardware design team. A similar situation appears to be the
> case for the Flex-5000 as well.

> So that begs the question are we seeing the beginnings of a
> new trend where our radios will increasingly be designed by
> "hired guns" instead of being done exclusively by a
> manufacturer's own payroll staff? As you may recall a
> significant part of the original Orion's design work was more
> or less outsourced as well. 

> It will all be interesting to watch for sure.

> Duane
> N9DG