[Elecraft] KX1 10 AND 15 METER MODULE(S)

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

Don,

I think that for use in a kit it would probably have to be supplied as part 
of a factory assembled 'module' if the KX1's firmware could be changed. It 
is packaged in a Thin Plastic Quad (SV-48) with 48 legs / leads which 
require careful soldering and the chip needs some form of heat sink. The use 
of a low noise external oscillator rather than the chip's internal 
oscillator as the clock source results in lower and useful levels of close 
in phase noise at the chip's output, but of course adds complexity.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD


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Geoff,

I believe that might be possible if the package size and pinout are the same 
as the AD9834, but the firmware would have to change too.  If it were not 
for the firmware problem, adventuresome souls would be able to experiment a 
bit with it.

73,
Don W3FPR