Put me on THAT list. I just picked up a second K2 that would be perfect
as a KX2.
SMT is a breeze with a magnifying bench lamp, a decent soldering
station, tweezers and a reasonably steady hand. You have to learn a
couple of different and sometimes scary techniques. Melting all the pins
together into a long solder blob on an expensive SMT chip, then wicking
off the excess took some guts on the first AmQRP DDS-30 I did, but I
built three DDS-60s after that and every single one of them worked first
time I applied power. I was attracted to Elecraft to build electronics,
not to assemble hardware--I hate that part. hi.
Eric
KE6US
On 5/23/2013 9:43 AM, Rick Dettinger wrote:
My idea of a KX2 would be to rework the K2 with a factory built DDS, maybe from
the KX3, but the rest would be the user built K2 in a K2 box. This could
include general coverage.
I think many hams would like to build from parts and use their soldering irons.
This would be a cross between the KX1 block diagram and the K2 performance.
73,
Rick Dettinger K7MW
On May 23, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Gil G. wrote:
Hello,
Personally, I'd rather see an updated KX1… Same features as the current one,
but SMT.
CW only, but with the same SW listening capabilities. Four bands if fine.
Internal 12V batteries for a full 5W, or more… Built-in charger...
It would be of course smaller, and should be waterproof. Now that would be
something!
Gil.
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