[Elecraft] The KX3 as a shortwave broadcast receiver

[gteague]

great review! i read most every review and article you post.

i ordered the kx3 mostly because of your review and partly because i'd been
looking for a self-contained radio of adequate quality for several years.
the price takes your breath (or at least my breath) away but i wanted to
make sure i got all the accessories and options i'd need in case some went
suddenly out of stock.

i'm seriously disappointed that this isn't really what my definition of an
'sdr' radio consists of, i.e., one that uses only a single usb cable for
programming, control, and  power. i blew a couple hundred bucks trying to
get an icom ic-r20 to accept its computer overlord and that was an exercise
in frustration with cobbled together and custom made cables and interface
boxes and it was just a nightmare. and even when i did get the radio
connected, it was barely functional. it is far easier for me to look up a sw
sked on my iphone and type the freq out on the keyboard than to get the sdr
app to do it.

anyway, even if i can't get the kx3 working the way 'real' sdr radios such
as the bonito radiojet do, at least i can know that i can carry it away from
my computer with a portable antenna and be fully functional with a receiver
every bit as good.

tks again for the review. keep up the good work.

/guy (73 de kg5vt)



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