[bct] Re: accessible Ham gear

Now yeah that is very very cool and I guess I should look at the cost of one of these. Maybe I could find one used as well and that would be fine by me and get someone to build the cw reader box. Now that you mention it, I do now remember this rig and yes when I saw it at Dayton some years ago, it was one hell of a rig. I am still kicking myself for selling my TT Omni V which I dearly loved. Well maybe its time to get my Elecraft as this is a rig I did really want.Thanks for the reminder and we'll have to get on the air and maybe have a qso. I know my cw has suffered significantly since I've been off the air.

73
Scott/N3BYY


On Nov 28, 2005, at 6:03 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote:

Hey Scott,

Which rig is that?

I have an Elecraft KX1, which is 40/30/20 meters, with full morse readout. It's a cute little rig, maybe 3"x5"x1.5", all controls are on the top. You have to use it with high gain earbuds, though...and it's a real power miser requiring only about 33 mA on receive.

I also have an Elecraft K2/100, which is also very accessible. More so with the KRC2-AC, which is a nifty little box that provides among other things morse readout of 99.9% of the rig's functions. You can even read the K2's menus, if you press the button to read the display while in the menu. The K2 is really the cat's whiskers if you're a cw op (I'm a cw op myself), and it's also very power conservative. BTW, Elecraft has made a commitment to accessibility as well, and there are lots of guys who will build your kit for you if you're blind. Even if you aren't, actually. No general coverage receive, but the receiver's really hot, especially considering it's a single conversion design. Don't knock it--it really is quite nice, and it's currently my main HF rig. I need to get an antenna up myself, actually, so I'm not on the air right now either.



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