[Elecraft] Wha'ts Wrong With Our Radios (WAS:NewProducts, Building

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

My vote is that XIT is not a useful feature in a rig that has two VFOs A & 
B, with the SPLIT option. I have never used XIT with the K2 and it does not 
exist in my homebrew rigs. Maybe I am missing something?

What I do find very useful, especially in a pileup situation, is a 
panadapter / spectrum display that is NOT fuzzy and which shows where my 
transmitter is placed (vertical line).

Digressing somewhat, a very useful addition to a receiver is a rear panel 
connector from which a sample of the signal that appears at the output of 
the first signal mixer can be obtained, at 50 ohms impedance. This provides 
a source for all those external devices not yet thought about. Obviously 
this has to be done in such a way that the proper gain distribution of the 
receiver is not disturbed.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD