[Elecraft] Has the KX1 changed in 5 years?

[Fred Jensen]

Not that I know of Bob.  After the initial KX1, they brought out the 30m 
add-on which I have and the 30/80m add-on which I don't have [life at my 
age isn't long enough for QRP with short antennas on 80m :-)].  Mine is 
S/N 678 I think, it's buried in my SOTA bag and I don't have time to go 
look, but I know it's 3-digits in the 6 hundreds.

Like the K1 and K2, these are fairly mature products, not many changes, 
and they work.  I do SOTA activations with my K2, and sometimes the KX1, 
I usually work the Spartan Sprint with my KX1 when it's warm enough to 
be on the deck.  I think you will like the KX1, with the LiPoly battery, 
the integral paddle, and earbuds, mine comes in at just under 0.62 lbs. 
Important for the Spartan. :-)

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

On 3/26/2014 7:36 PM, cockpitbob at aol.com wrote:
>
> Greetings all.  I recently fell in love with QRP CW and have outgrown
> my TenTec R4020.  I'm an engineer and use a soldering iron a lot at
> work, and I'm busy these days so a build project doesn't excite me.
> right now.  I have a lead on a 5 year old KX1 and was wondering if
> they've changed much in 5 years.  I'm fine with little mods and
> tweaks but want to make sure it isn't dramatically different from the
> new ones.  Have they changed much in 5 years?