YES !!!!
I received a building request yesterday for a complete KX1 kit. I
will wait until this kit is available and I will upgrade mine
also.... a new Elecraft familly member near my place again in 2006 !!
Happy New Years to all Elecraft group !!!
Best 73 & 88 !!!
Le 05-12-29 à 23:37, wayne burdick a écrit :
We're pleased to announce that the KX1 is now a 4-band radio!
Many KX1 owners have asked for 80 meter coverage, notably Bruce
Prior, N7RR, who pointed out that 80 meters is a great band for
traffic handling at night (in both the CW and SSB segments). Up
till now, Bruce has been taking his KX1 and a second rig that
covers 80 meters on his extensive backpacking trips. Our new
KXB3080 option will lighten his load a bit. 80 meters is also a
popular field day and QRP band, and is especially active in the
Eastern U.S. and in Europe. Band noise is lower in Winter, so this
is the perfect time to give 80 meters a try.
The dual-band KXB3080 module installs in the same location as our
30-meter-only module, the KXB30. The KXB3080 is very easy to add to
your KX1, since all but two components are surface-mount, pre-
installed at the factory. (This was necessary in order to provide
both bands in such a small amount of space.) Also supplied is a
small PC board that mounts in place of the original low-pass filter
inductors (L1 and L2). This board includes a relay that configures
the low-pass filter for efficient operation on either 80 or
40/30/20 meters.
The KX1's firmware has been updated in conjunction with the
KXB3080. The new firmware adds:
* Full 80-meter band coverage on transmit and receive
* Additional receive-only coverage: 1000 kHz to 5000 kHz (reduced
sensitivity outside the 80-m band)
* Programmable scanning (great for monitoring quiet bands,
waiting for signals to show up)
* Variable-rate fast tuning: 1 kHz in ham bands in all RX modes,
5 kHz outside ham bands in USB/LSB modes
We have several beta testers lined up for the KXB3080, and will be
supplying them kits in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, I've been
having great fun on 80 meters with the first 4-band KX1, even with
a wimpy 40-foot random wire. In addition to 80 meter transceive
operation, I can copy many AM stations from 1.0-1.6 MHz. This
broadcast band coverage should prove useful feature for field
operation.
If you have any technical questions about the KXB3080 option, feel
free to send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] One question I'm sure to
get is whether the KXAT1 ATU is usable on 80 meters. The answer?
Yes, but the KXAT1 wasn't designed to cover this band, so it will
only help with specific end-fed wire antenna lengths to be
determined. It will of course help with tweaking of nearly-resonant
antennas, such as portable whips and ad-hoc dipoles.
* * * N O T E * * *
Please don't call about the KXB3080 or new firmware just yet. We will
announce the price of both in late January, and take orders then.
(Eric made me say that :)
* * * * * * * * * * *
73,
Wayne, N6KR
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