[Elecraft] KX1 #1467 Completed and On-Air

[Ron]

Paul Neuman wrote:
> What a thrill... This is the first kit I've built in about 25 years.  
> The last ones were a couple  of Heathkit weather instruments that I 
> put together in the early '80s.  I was a bit leary of attacking this 
> one but I guess I did ok.  The toroids weren't really such a big deal, 
> but I sure made good use of a magnifying glass!
>
> I took my time and apart from some confusion here and there, I 
> encountered no real problems.  I did have some trouble though with the 
> final receiver alignment.  I just couldn't get the trimmers peaked but 
> I finally switched antennas and that seemed to help.
>
> Everything seems to work just FB.  Power output appears pretty even on 
> 20 & 40.  I made about 20 contacts today in the IOTA contest, across 
> both NA and EUR.  The little paddle works quite nicely too.  Of 
> course,  I had some help today from the big guns.  I'll see how I do 
> with the bumblebees tomorrow.  I hope to be out there next year with 
> my KX1 as a bee.
>
> Next will be to install the tuner and then really make sure there are 
> no kinks before finishing up the 3080 module.  I'm sure glad I didn't 
> try integrating everything at once.
>
> Thanks to all those who post here.  I learned a lot without even 
> having to ask.
>
> 73,
> Paul, kd2mx
>
>
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Would you advise against installing the 80 meter board during initial 
assembly? If so, why?