[Elecraft] KX3 dimensions?

[Buddy Brannan]

Getting more excited by this radio by the minute. 

Seems to me, even with the relatively heavy G4TPH portable loop and whatever stand I manage to cobble together for that (thinking lots of PVC in one foot or 15 inch sections, tall enough to get the loop off the ground by a foot or a foot and a half, this is going to be one very lightweight station and lots of fun (and easy) to carry around. Sorry, afraid I'll have to go a little heavier on the antennas than Wayne does, my aim isn't very good. Even so, taking a complete station in well under five pounds, if not for hiking, certainly for hotel stays and other vacationing, is really, really attractive. 

By "relatively heavy", I mean as compared to Wayne's one ounce of 26 gauge wire. I expect the loop, consisting of 10 flat pieces of aluminum bolted together with a tuning capacitor, can't weigh more than the KX3. But that is quite a bit heavier than one ounce :)
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Oct 20, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:

> On 10/20/2011 2:49 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> 
>> Note that the KX3's attached paddle (KXPD3) weighs about 1 oz. I
>> usually carry 1 oz. of #26 antenna wire and a 1-oz. fishing weight to
>> get the wire into a tree. Add another 8 oz for batteries and 5 for the
>> mic, and you're at about 2.5 lbs for the entire station.
> 
> 1.  Any chance the KSPD3 will appear as an item by itself?  It is soooo 
> really cool, and about all I got to play with at Pacificon, given the 
> number of people gawking at the KX3.
> 
> 2.  Exactly how do you find time for very lightweight backpacking?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
> - www.cqp.org
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