[Elecraft] Introduction

[Jim Brown]

On Wed,5/13/2015 10:59 AM, Ken Bandy, KJ9B wrote:
> Thanks to all who responded!  Lots of good info.  After looking through the
> manual, I know a little more what to look at/for at Dayton, and the
> questions to ask at the booth.

A few other thoughts, Ken.

By all means, buy Elecraft gear as kits unless you have a physical 
handicap that makes screwing things together difficult. You'll save 10-15%.

Don't feel that you must buy a loaded radio all at once -- it's easy to 
add stuff later. The exception to that is once the second receiver is 
installed, it's mechanically more difficult to add things, because for 
many things the 2nd RX must be removed, and it's a bit of a shoe-horn 
job. :)

Don't try to load it up with roofing filters that you don't need. Unless 
you're a contester or want to work FM, you probably don't need anything 
more than the single 2.7 kHz IF filter that comes with the radio. That's 
because the IF filters are all done in DSP, so all the roofing filter 
does is protect that DSP from overload by strong signals outside its 
passband.

IF you're a contester, I recommend the 250 Hz roofer for CW (some prefer 
the 400 Hz, and the 400 Hz filter is better for RTTY), and the 2.1 kHz 
filter for SSB (some prefer 1.8 kHz).

73, Jim K9YC