[Elecraft] Reintroducing the Elecraft XG3: That gadget your shack keeps asking for

[Bill Johnson]

I have one and it's fantastic!  Wayne, why add an amp when it's a perfect QRPp xsmtr?   Just sayin'

Bill
K9YEQ
Scottsdale, AZ
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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2025 12:14:47 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] Reintroducing the Elecraft XG3: That gadget your shack keeps asking for

[Breaking News: Eric will interrupt his Hamvention prep to autograph
your XG3 manual if you order this week. Just sayin'....]

Remember the XG3? It's our deck-of-cards-sized, versatile and highly
stable all-band signal source. I tried to compare its weight to my
HP8647A and nearly broke my postal scale. (The XG3 weighs 4 oz. -- 9 V
battery included. The HP sig gen warps nearby spacetime.)

"I need one! (why?)"

Because the XG3 puts out a clean, synthesized carrier that simplifies
all sorts of receiver work, like filter alignment, MDS testing, and
signal tracing.

And because it has four different calibrated output levels (into 50 ohms):

     -107 dBm (1 uV)
       -73 dBm (50 uV / S9)
       -33 dBm (40 over 9)
          0 dBm (0.23 V RMS, i.e. Humongous)

There are + and - buttons to allow you quickly get to the target ham
band (160 - 2 meters). Harmonics out to 1400 MHz can be used to cover
UHF bands as well.

But that's just the start of what you can do with this little
oscillator. Via the included USB cable, you can control and configure
the XG3 remotely, do wide-range frequency sweeps, and download new
firmware. It even includes built-in CW and FSK modulation. ("You mean
it's a QRPpp CW/RTTY transmit driver for homebrew QRP projects?" Yes.
With an all-band tunable VFO. "Can you work all states with a barefoot
XG3?" TBD. Let me know.)

For more information including the downloadable manual, see our XG3 web page:

     https://elecraft.com/products/xg3

If we've left anything to your imagination, feel free to email me
directly. You can also see what other XG3 owners are saying on the
eHam review page:

     https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product/9807

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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