[Elecraft] KX1 and your favorite SWL band segments near 20/30/40 m

[Tim]

Arghhh......he's getting to me! I was trying to resist the pocket bullion
radio...but it keeps getting better............infact it's starting to sound
like something I really NEED!!!!!!!!!! Arglebargle. 73/Tim NZ7C
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Burdick" <n6kr@elecraft.com>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 8:11 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] KX1 and your favorite SWL band segments near 20/30/40 m


> Our new KX1 CW transceiver will be able to tune as much as 1 MHz
above/below the
> 20, 30, and 40 m ham bands, thanks to its DDS VFO. The crystal filter can
be
> widened out to about 2 kHz, offering decent copy of AM stations (and of
course
> SSB). We're including this capability in the KX1 so that, for either
casual
> listening or emergency use, the operator can listen to AM broadcast and
make
> cross-mode (SSB/CW) QSOs.
>
> In conjunction with this, we'd like to include some information in the KX1
> manual about where the "action" is within the covered tuning ranges. If
you're
> an SWL (short-wave-listening) enthusiast and have some suggestions, please
let
> us know. What SWL segments near these three ham bands are the richest lode
of
> interesting broadcasts? What stations do you listen to most often?
>
> Thanks,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
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