[Elecraft] KX3 pics

[Wayne Burdick]

There's no room on the back of the radio for connectors.

Only one connector comes out of the right side -- the BNC antenna  
jack. This allows the KX3 to be used hand-held directly with a whip,  
or on the table with a BNC 'L' adapter and a whip. In a home or mobile  
installation you could use a BNC 'L' as well. These are very  
inexpensive.

The mating connectors on the left side would ideally be fitted with  
right-angle plugs. In fact all of the cables supplied with the KX3  
will have black, right-angle plugs for a neat appearance. This  
includes the power, mic, and PC ("ACC") plugs. Headphones often have  
right-angle plugs as well.

On average, you'd only be using a couple of the left-side jacks. When  
operating from internal batteries, using the internal speaker and  
attached keyer paddle, nothing would be connected to the left side.  
Even if all jacks were in use, if you had right-angle plugs, they  
could be dressed cleanly toward the front (mic, headphones) or rear  
(key, ACC, power).

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On May 31, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Brian Alsop wrote:

> I'd be for a narrow side "docking station" that gets all the  
> connectors
> out the back.  Maybe it can do dual duty and serve to mount the unit
> upright instead of laying on it's back.
>
> With all cables in place, it resembles an octopus that would be hard  
> to
> integrate into a fixed station.
>
> 73 de Brian/K3KO
>
> On 5/31/2011 16:37, Dave-Boat Guy wrote:
>> With all this interesting talk about the KX3, about the only thing  
>> that I can think that this radio needs is a ruggedized housing.  It  
>> may be a nice portable radio or suited for EMCOMM but I hate to  
>> have one sitting on a table when it begins to rain or on a bicycle  
>> with sweat dripping in through the panels or keypad.  I for one,  
>> wouldn't mind paying extra for a ruggedized version.  Until I see  
>> something that is moisture resistant, I'll just read the mail and  
>> wait and enjoy my ICOM IC-7200.
>>
>> Dave
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