Dave, I recall it was 2005 that the KX1 was introduced. I missed that year at Dayton, but the next year my Elecraft project was to build my KX1 while at the Elecraft booth for everyone to see how that kit went together. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/29/2013 4:36 PM, DBellW6AQ at aol.com wrote: > What year did the KX 1 hit the market? > >