> I understand that Elecraft can't make the money work with a > rig with a very niche market. So how about a KX0, or KX9000 > in todays marketing bull. Make it one band. Make it 5 watts. > Make it buildable by real people, no smds. > ...73 Eric WD6DBM
All of what you seek, and more, is already available at almost give-away prices in the mono-band transceiver Model QCX kits ($49) and optional custom enclosures ($37) from QRP Labs. The QCX is a modern extremely sophisticated, innovative, and capaable design by Hans Summers, G0UPL. QCX Description Page: http://qrp-labs.com/qcx.html Presentation materials by Hans at Dayton FDIM; http://qrp-labs.com/images/news/dayton2018/seminar.pdf http://qrp-labs.com/images/news/dayton2018/fdim2018.pdf QCX Assembly, Alignment, Operation, and Theory Manual: http://qrp-labs.com/images/qcx/assembly3_LT.pdf This manual is outstanding in all areas. Like the kit design, it is a real tour de force. The kit requires no SMD soldering and is almost all easy TTH construction. The QCX includes all necessary built-in test signal generation and associated displays for making alignments. I don't believe there is any conflict mentioning the QCX mono-band unit on the Elecraft list because it is NOT a competitor to ANY product that has ever been in Elecraft's 20-year product line. In one year, almost 6000 QCX kits have been sold. I have recently received four of them and begun construction. There's more than enough room in my QRP world to appreciate the excellence of my three 20-year-old Small Wonders DSW mono-band units, my 18-year-old K1, my recent KX2, and my (I hope) soon-to-be completed QCX units. I love the technical innovation in every one of these. Mike / KK5F ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
