No, Sam. An XG2 is not essential. Take a look at page 6 of the Assembly Manual on the Elecraft website. It lists "required" tools and test equipment and two items of "optional equipment" :- "1. RF Power Meter with accurate readout from 1 mW to 5 watts, minimum.
2. Signal generator with calibrated 50 uV output at 20 or 40 meters." The XG2 would be optional item 2 and would be used to fine tune the rf gain and S meter calibrations but you will be able to complete and operate your K3 without it. I found the default settings to be pretty good. Having said that I do have an XG2 and have found it to be a useful item of test equipment. 73 to all Geoff G3UCK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Morgan" <[email protected]> > Will I have to wait until I am able to afford the XG2, > just to be able to finish the build and put it on the air? ______________________________________________________________ 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
