On 2/10/2017 18:27, Bill Frantz wrote:
I noticed in my N8XJK Boost Regulator that they had scraped the ID
numbers off all the ICs. Now that's cheesy, and will make it harder to
fix when both they and it are belly up.
I've never understood that: Anyone with the knowledge and determination
to
Let me answer for myself. I want a schematic for both fixing it
and learning how it works. I don't really think I will learn
much about how it works from the schematic because most of how
it works is in the firmware and not the hardware.
As for fixing things, I have made repairs to both my K3
Mike, I find this a very curious belief. Do you want a schematic to know
how the thing works, or how to repair it.
If you only want to know how the radio works, would a block diagram and
a fairly detailed explanation from Wayne be enough (given they want to
protect their design as much as
It's understandable, though: At least two radios I know of are clearly
copies of the KX1.
73,
Scott K9MA
On 2/9/2017 20:20, Mike Morrow wrote:
Wayne wrote:
...the KX2 is about the same size and has so much more capability.
BUT...unlike the KX1, the KX2 has no schematics available to
One of my fondest KX1 operating memories was working F5VHY on 20m CW while
operating pedestrian mobile with my KX1.
I was using a 4 foot loaded telescopic whip and a 13 foot drag wire and
standing out in the middle of a field at Lobstercon.
Cheers
Michael VE3WMB
On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 10:45 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Beautiful obit for the KX1 Stan. Ops like you will remember it like us
O.T.s remember our 6L6 crystal controlled oscillators built on a
breadboard. Newer rigs do as well (sometimes better) but are never the
same.
Whoa there, Ron!
Beautiful obit for the KX1 Stan. Ops like you will remember it like us O.T.s
remember our 6L6 crystal controlled oscillators built on a breadboard. Newer
rigs do as well (sometimes better) but are never the same.
Waaay back in the 1950's I volunteered to operate NCS for a RACES exercise in
Wow! Who'd have thunk? That enclosure is very tight when the ATU is
installed, I found it to be a marvel of mechanical engineering. Drake
doesn't make 2B's anymore either. Times move on.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 2/9/2017 3:59 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Skip,
Wayne wrote:
> ...the KX2 is about the same size and has so much more capability.
BUT...unlike the KX1, the KX2 has no schematics available to the customer.
That is a very significant defect in a HF amateur radio product.
Mike / KK5F
Hi Stan and All,
No snow here, 106 fahrenheit here. Just been down to the PO to pick up my
new heat sink and optical encoder for the KX3, beside me on the desk is the
KX3 line, KX2 (Sweetest rig ever) and KX1 which I love.
Thanks for your nice email and thanks Elecraft for the KX1 (RIP).
Skip,
My discussions with those 'in the know' at Elecraft in early December
revealed that the problem for the KX1 is the enclosure, and not the
parts inside.
So if you have a KX1, it should be able to be maintained and supported
for some time to come, but if your enclosure "wears out",
Definitely a sad time, when things change. I, too, had some great times with my
KX1, which has gone to be with a friend in San Antonio, and I hope he gets as
much enjoyment from it as I did. 'm sure he has, and is. Mine went to Ukraine
with me when we went to adopt our daughter in 2004 (my
Yes, sad but probably inevitable. I just sold my KX1, I built it in
late 2004. Lots of contacts from lots of places. I'm now 13 years
older, adventures in my 20's are "reminding" me of them orthopedically,
and field operations for me are rapidly becoming something in the past.
I still have
Stan,
Thanks for the inspiring tale!
I did an outing with the KX2 yesterday and had excellent results. I was using a
4-foot 20-meter whip with 13-foot ground wire, sitting on a bluff in the
Antelope Valley, gazing at the San Gabriel mountains. Worked stations all over
the country, including
Just a couple of months ago, on December 7, I purchased a KX1. It was a
replacement to the KX1 I had built several years ago: my entry into the
Elecraft world. I thought I had "outgrown" it so I sold it.
Fast forward through my K1, K2, K3, KX3, and now KX2/KXPA100 setup (plus
other stuff
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