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

[Dave New, N8SBE]

Wayne,

You couldn't pry my XG3 out of my cold, dead, fingers, so I'm glad 
you've reintroduced it.

You may have saved a life...

73,

-- Dave, N8SBE, Hamshack Hotline 550-0971, HamsOverIP 101018, 
AmateurWire 1348
> 
> 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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