Re: [KX3] KX2 - KX3

[wayne burdick]

Hi Ruchan,

I'm inherently biased, of course, but here's my personal reasoning:  I wanted an all-band/multi-mode radio the size of an HT that put out 10 watts from internal battery and could be taken virtually anywhere. The KX2 is that rig. I can pack my entire station--including the KX2, mini-mic, adapters, paddle, log sheet, a whip and two lengths of antenna wire--into our CS40 padded bag. Everything weighs just under 2 pounds.

I've been anxious to build something like this ever since my Elmer told me about working VK from CA using an 11-meter walkie-talkie during the 1957 sunspot peak. This was in the 1970s when, as a teen, I first started building my own gear. But I couldn't even have imagined the construction techniques our engineering staff would employ to get the KX2 packed into half the space of the KX3.

73,
Wayne
N6KR



On Jul 6, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Ruchan Ozatay [hidden email] wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Since I have fully loaded KX3, KXPA100 and PX3.
>
> Can anybody tell me why I should buy also a KX2?
>
> Any comment would be very much appreciated.
>
> Ruchan Ozatay, TA2AH

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[Tom Crayner]

Wayne,

Your comment about VK prompted me to write... while on vacation last week I
was sitting on a balcony overlooking the James River in Virginia operating
a KX2 on 40m with 5 watts of power using JT65 into a magloop. After working
a few stations I opened up PSK Reporter to see that VK stations had been
reporting my signal. :-)

Anyway, my real reason for writing, the 2.66 code on the KX2 was great to
work with for digital operations.No fussing with modes while jumping
between different MIC settings, audio cables and such. A real pleasure to
work with the radio now...  Thanks!

Tom, W2YF


On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Ruchan,
>
> I'm inherently biased, of course, but here's my personal reasoning:  I
> wanted an all-band/multi-mode radio the size of an HT that put out 10 watts
> from internal battery and could be taken virtually anywhere. The KX2 is
> that rig. I can pack my entire station--including the KX2, mini-mic,
> adapters, paddle, log sheet, a whip and two lengths of antenna wire--into
> our CS40 padded bag. Everything weighs just under 2 pounds.
>
> I've been anxious to build something like this ever since my Elmer told me
> about working VK from CA using an 11-meter walkie-talkie during the 1957
> sunspot peak. This was in the 1970s when, as a teen, I first started
> building my own gear. But I couldn't even have imagined the construction
> techniques our engineering staff would employ to get the KX2 packed into
> half the space of the KX3.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
> On Jul 6, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Ruchan Ozatay [hidden email] wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since I have fully loaded KX3, KXPA100 and PX3.
> >
> > Can anybody tell me why I should buy also a KX2?
> >
> > Any comment would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > Ruchan Ozatay, TA2AH
>
>
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[Jan-10]

The influence of Wayne is ever present @ Elecraft, from the K2 onward.
The foundation for this can be found in the book "The Electronics of
Radio" by
David B. Rutledge from The California Institute of Technology. Congrats!
73 Jan, K1ND
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On Jul 7, 2016, at 10:03 AM, Jan <[hidden email]> wrote:

> The influence of Wayne is ever present @ Elecraft, from the K2 onward.
> The foundation for this can be found in the book "The Electronics of Radio" by
> David B. Rutledge from The California Institute of Technology. Congrats!

Hi Jan,

In case anyone's interested, this book was based on my NorCal 40 CW transceiver design. Prof. Rutledge created an entire course around it (EE20); the book is a hardcover collection of all the lab exercises, etc. Students built a NorCal 40 as part of the course, and many have become licensed over the years as a result. I believe the course was exported to other universities as well.

Just doing our part for higher education :)

73,
Wayne
N6KR



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[wayne burdick]

By the way, it's available on Amazon.

Wayne
N6KR


On Jul 7, 2016, at 10:03 AM, Jan <[hidden email]> wrote:

> The influence of Wayne is ever present @ Elecraft, from the K2 onward.
> The foundation for this can be found in the book "The Electronics of Radio" by
> David B. Rutledge from The California Institute of Technology. Congrats!
> 73 Jan, K1ND

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On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:


> ...doing our part for higher education :)
> ========

And CalTech is as high up the higher education scale as you can go!

Tony KT0NY
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[Terry Schieler-2]

Interestingly, just below the listing on Amazon for "The Electronics of
Radio" is an offering of a book called "Ham Radio For Beginners" which
features on the cover a sharp photo of a VHF Marine Radio!!  ;o)  Aspiring
amateurs could probably teach this author a thing or two about Amateur
Radio:

https://www.amazon.com/Ham-Radio-Beginners-Getting-Started/dp/1533674264/ref
=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467986970&sr=1-2&keywords=the+electronics+of+ra
dio


Terry, W0FM



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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] KX2 - KX3

By the way, it's available on Amazon.

Wayne
N6KR


On Jul 7, 2016, at 10:03 AM, Jan <[hidden email]> wrote:

> The influence of Wayne is ever present @ Elecraft, from the K2 onward.
> The foundation for this can be found in the book "The Electronics of
> Radio" by David B. Rutledge from The California Institute of Technology.
Congrats!
> 73 Jan, K1ND



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[Jan-10]

Hi Wayne N6KR

I received a review copy of/  "The Electronics of Radio" book /from the
Publisher in 2001 as we were revising our EET Program @ Eastern Michigan
University at the time.  I liked the writing style of Prof. Rutledge and
the format of the book would fit one of the new courses.  Your Norcal 40
project was an interesting approach for the lab experiences.  We decided
on another text for the two Analog Courses; in 2002 I retired from the
university, kept the book.  Many parts are yet a good read for the
aspiring radio amateur.

Cheers, Jan K1ND
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