This is just to report (as seems traditional on this reflector) that I completed assembly of the basic KX1 kit yesterday afternoon.
The invoice date of shipment of my kit was Oct. 31 and I received it just a couple of days later. I availed myself of help with the toroids from Mychael, AA3WF, who was very prompt in responding to my order. As I was waiting for his order to arrive, I did wind L1 and L2 myself and installed them.
In addition to the superbly written instruction manual, I got lots of helpful hints and suggestions from archived messages on this reflector, plus the reviews on eHam. One person mentioned that installing the left battery case was the most difficult assembly step (keeping the three wires from crossing over each other). I used very small pieces of duct tape to hold the wires in their proper place on the bottom of the battery case as the case was being installed. After tightening the battery case screws (easy on the torque!) I then pulled the wires through the tape.
I skipped over the wattmeter and dummy load tests and got on the air with it and worked the first station I called (K5BQ) on 40 meters, using my MA8040V vertical antenna. I'm using a Radio Shack 3-12 V. @ 1000 mA adaptor (Catalog No. 273-1680) for a DC power source.
Next step will be to assemble the options: paddle, auto-tuner, and 30m kit in that order. I'm looking forward to operating this little jewel on vacation trips.
73,
Chuck Guenther NI0C
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