Re: KXB3080 option update

[Dennis Payton]

The added 80-meter capability is great, but the scanning feature of the new
firmware is an even bigger plus for me, since I can now do something else
and monitor the whole band, instead of just a single frequency.

Since I'll still be using the other three bands most of the time, I went
ahead and turned 80-meters back off. That way I won't have to scroll through
it every time I switch bands. I assume that won't adversely affect anything.
It sure is great to have it when I want it though, and I wonder if Wayne
ever envisioned this being a four-bander when he was developing it.

Thanks Elecraft for making this already feature-packed little rig even
better!

Denny Payton    N9JXY


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[wayne burdick]

Dennis Payton wrote:

> The added 80-meter capability is great, but the scanning feature of
> the new firmware is an even bigger plus for me, since I can now do
> something else and monitor the whole band, instead of just a single
> frequency.

I use it for this, too. Amazing how a seemingly "dead" band will have
signals pop out of nowhere.


> Since I'll still be using the other three bands most of the time, I
> went ahead and turned 80-meters back off. That way I won't have to
> scroll through it every time I switch bands. I assume that won't
> adversely affect anything.

This is definitely OK.


> It sure is great to have it when I want it though, and I wonder if
> Wayne ever envisioned this being a four-bander when he was developing
> it.

No. It started out as a 2-bander. The space occupied by the KXB30 and
KXB3080 was originally intended for a very thin mylar speaker. But the
audio output was just too low, so we thought of something else to do
with it :)

73,
Wayne
N6RK


> Thanks Elecraft for making this already feature-packed little rig even
> better!
>
> Denny Payton    N9JXY

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[AI4EJ]

Gang-

My tools have arrived, the KX1 sits in its box, already inventoried,
waiting to be put together.

The KX1 manual says to build it without the options to aid in any
troubleshooting and to get familiar with the rig.

After reading a downloaded copy of the KXB3080 manual, I'm thinking I'd
be better off doing them both at once to avoid the rework. Any
thoughts, comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks and 73,

Ricardo
AI4EJ

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[Alexandra Carter]

I'm really close to getting one too, the K2 was just more complicated
than I wanted to get involved with, but I was walking around Half Moon
Bay last Sunday and thinking, how nice it would be to sit under a tree
and make some contacts, on a KX1. That rig had it all, all in one box.

My first KX1 build, I built the tuner and 30m module and then set them
aside, then built the rig, tested, then added the modules and tested.
The only hitch in the whole thing was the 30m module, I don't know what
I did wrong but I put the wrong wire the wrong place somewhere, and
ended up just removing it and re-installing from scratch. Then the rig
worked.

73 de Alex NS6Y

On Mar 23, 2006, at 9:39 PM, AI4EJ wrote:

> Gang-
>
> My tools have arrived, the KX1 sits in its box, already inventoried,
> waiting to be put together.
>
> The KX1 manual says to build it without the options to aid in any
> troubleshooting and to get familiar with the rig.
>
> After reading a downloaded copy of the KXB3080 manual, I'm thinking I'd
> be better off doing them both at once to avoid the rework. Any
> thoughts, comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Ricardo
> AI4EJ
>
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[wayne burdick]

AI4EJ wrote:

>
> After reading a downloaded copy of the KXB3080 manual, I'm thinking I'd
> be better off doing them both at once to avoid the rework. Any
> thoughts, comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
>

Ricardo,

It's OK to change the KX1 assembly procedure to avoid making the
receiver mods needed for the KXB3080. However, I'd recommend that you
still wind and install the low-pass filter inductors, L1 and L2, as
shown in the KX1 manual. Then, test the rig on 40 and 20 meters to make
sure everything is working. It's a simple matter to remove L1 and L2
when you're ready to install the "LPF1" board that comes with the
KXB3080 kit.

If you decide to annotate your KX1 manual to reflect the
KXB3080-related receiver changes, please let me know. If it works out
better for you, we'd be happy to post the list of changes on our web
site.

But rest assured that the rig will work either way!

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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