[Elecraft] Fwd: KX3 Show & Tell

[KH2TJ]

Hi Barry,

No I didn't.  If I'm not working, I'll give you  a call (that's  if you 
plan on going?)
and maybe meet up with you in Truckee before heading  down to Rick's.

Thanks for the heads up!

Later,
Todd KH2TJ


K6ST Barry Bettman wrote:
> Hi Todd,
>
> Don't know is you got this email or not ... if you are around Rick is 
> having show and tell on his new KX3.
>
> 73,
>
> Barry K6ST
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Rick Tavan* <rick at tavan.com <mailto:rick at tavan.com>>
> Date: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:33 PM
> Subject: KX3 Show & Tell
> To: tnthams at yahoogroups.com <mailto:tnthams at yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: Barry Bettman <k6st at arrl.net <mailto:k6st at arrl.net>>, Eric KU6J 
> <ku6j at ku6j.com <mailto:ku6j at ku6j.com>>
>
>
> Barry and Eric have been following the development of the Elecraft KX3 
> with great interest and indicated interest in a demo. I'll be doing 
> that on Wednesday, Feb. 29 starting at 7:30 PM at my house. Please let 
> me know if you plan to come by so I can have enough beer on hand!
>
> The KX3 is a hand-holdable, trail-friendly, desktop-compatible, QRP 
> radio with many big-rig features. It includes space for 8 internal AA 
> cells, an auto antenna tuner, a multiple-bandwidth roofing filter, an 
> NiMH trickle charger and a 2M transverter. It runs <= 5W on internal 
> batteries or 12W with an external 13.8V supply. It sports the same LCD 
> display as the K3 (and most of the represented features) but the front 
> panel is 40% smaller and it's only 1.5" thick. I used it last weekend 
> to drive an external amp to about 200W and made 400 Qs in the ARRL DX 
> CW. It can send and decode CW, RTTY and PSK without a computer. It 
> also works on SSB, of course, and will eventually do AM and FM. It's 
> currently in field test, so not all features have been implemented and 
> its performance numbers are not yet committed. But it's pretty darn 
> good for a modestly-priced radio that is equally at home on the trail, 
> in the car and at home.
>
> 73,
>
> /Rick N6XI
>