KX1 #2374 On the air.

Posted by k6tt on Apr 25, 2010; 7:58am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KX1-2374-On-the-air-tp4957732.html

After thinking about if for almost a year, and recently playing with one again at the Visalia IDXC, I bought a KX1, with the tuner and 30/80 option.

I received the box Friday morning and made the first QSO tonight. Took me about 15 hours of work to build the basic KX1 (#2374), I still need to assemble the tuner & 30/80 but the basic radio worked perfected after I completed it.

I was very impressed with the loud audio on both 20 & 40... I didn't even have a good antenna attached when I did the initial recv tune up, I just used a piece of scrap wire and I was copying stations 500+ miles away. I was thrilled.

After completing the transmitter, I wired up a hand key and started banging out a CQ with only about 25% power... (1W) and on the third call I had a response from a local. Anyway, don't know enough about the rig to comment on much else yet, but so far I'm extremely happy and now not sure why I waited so long.

73

-phil K6TT