[Elecraft] KX2 Weighted Knob

[Bill Johnson]

I wish to weigh in the topic having been a QRP portable operator for years.  I have tried mine as an HT, sure beats the dickens out of hauling the FT817 (which I sold years ago). Battery life, built in tuner, mic and add-on key are great.  I operate 17-20 meters when the band is good. Personally for me,  I think the design, as is, was brilliant.  Great grab and  go for me.  Do I use it for hours, nope!  It might get too heavy after a while for a weak armed PC geek/desk jockey like me.

73,
Bill
K9YEQ

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Christopher Hoover
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 9:30 PM
To: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; KX3 at yahoogroups.com; Doug Millar <drzarkof56 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX2 Weighted Knob

>
>  Our goal for the KX2 was to make it really lightweight. Light enough 
> to be used as an HT.


Is it really practical as an HT?   Some will use it that way for sure, but
it is already quite heavy without an antenna.

I really like my KX2, but, with respect,  I'm unconvinced the HT use case is worth trading heavily against the more  practical use cases.

-- Christopher
73 de AI6KG