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

[Dave (NK7Z)]

Wayne,

I have used my XG3 for years, and can't say enough good about it, and 
how useful it is...

The last use was in an antenna building and training class.  We set it 
up across a park from where we were, and used it to test the antennas 
built by the folks taking the class...  It is handy, small, and a really 
good tool to have.

--
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
Isaac Asimov

On 4/28/25 12:14, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> [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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