[TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion? - Correction

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Dave

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From: Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft <eric at elecraft.com> 

> Hi Duane, 
> 
> A couple of corrections to your posting. Lyle, our DSP expert, is a full 
> salaried member of the Elecraft engineering staff. He was also deeply 
> involved in -all- of the K3 design from the start. He is also a major 
> contributor to the AMSAT satellite CPUs and the hpsdr group. (Both of 
> those as a volunteer.) 
> 
> Almost all of the K3 was designed by our in-house engineering team. We 
> certainly did use consultants for design review and some design 
> enhancements (just like on the K2) and that's why they are listed in 
> specific design area's on our FAQ. Being located next to Silicon Valley 
> provides us with a wide set of experts to draw from. 
> 
> Also, we have a very strong s/w-f/w staff. If you look closely at our 
> products, including the K2 and K3, you will see an abundance of embedded 
> microprocessors in the designs. :-) 
> 
> 73, Eric WA6HHQ 
> Elecraft 
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> 
> From: Duane - N9DG 
> Date: May 1, 2007 11:15:16 AM PDT 
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment 
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion? 
> 
> 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. 
> 
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