[Elecraft] K4? No, I want a KX2!

[EricJ]

Put me on THAT list. I just picked up a second K2 that would be perfect 
as a KX2.

SMT is a breeze with a magnifying bench lamp, a decent soldering 
station, tweezers and a reasonably steady hand. You have to learn a 
couple of different and sometimes scary techniques. Melting all the pins 
together into a long solder blob on an expensive SMT chip, then wicking 
off the excess took some guts on the first AmQRP DDS-30 I did, but I 
built three DDS-60s after that and every single one of them worked first 
time I applied power. I was attracted to Elecraft to build electronics, 
not to assemble hardware--I hate that part. hi.

Eric
KE6US

On 5/23/2013 9:43 AM, Rick Dettinger wrote:
> My idea of a KX2 would be to rework the K2 with a factory built DDS, maybe from the KX3,  but the rest would be the user built K2 in a K2 box.  This could include general coverage.
> I think many hams would like to build from parts and use their soldering irons.  This would be a cross between the KX1 block diagram and the K2 performance.
>
> 73,
> Rick Dettinger  K7MW
>
>
>    
> On May 23, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Gil G. wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Personally, I'd rather see an updated KX1… Same features as the current one, but SMT.
>> CW only, but with the same SW listening capabilities. Four bands if fine.
>> Internal 12V batteries for a full 5W, or more… Built-in charger...
>> It would be of course smaller, and should be waterproof. Now that would be something!
>>
>> Gil.
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