[Elecraft] RadCom, Chinese K1?

[David Lankshear]

The October 2009 edition of RSGB’s RadCom carries some column inches
entitled “A New Chinese QRP Transceiver” in its regular monthly QRP feature.
K1HAH, John Callaghan, is taking orders for these HB-1A fully built units,
similar to Eleccraft’s KX-1.  Shipment will be direct from China.  They are
fully built and cover 5 – 16MHz CW/SSB Rx and 7, 10 & 14MHz CW Tx at approx.
4W when driven from a mains PSU.    They are designed and manufactured in
China by BD4RG and another ham named Bu Xianzhi.

 

A UK retailer, Martyn Lynch, is advertising them at approx. £250,
http://www.hamradio.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eham
radio%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2fAmateur_Radio%2ehtml
<http://www.hamradio.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eha
mradio%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2fAmateur_Radio%2ehtml&WD=hb%2d1a&PN=Am_Handheld
_MyDEL%2ehtml%23a1_213804#a1_213804>
&WD=hb%2d1a&PN=Am_Handheld_MyDEL%2ehtml%23a1_213804#a1_213804 or go to
www.hamradio.co.uk <http://www.hamradio.co.uk/>  and search for HB-1A.

 

Could this be the Chinese clone of the KX-1, but with SMT?

 

73  DaveL  G3TJP