Elecraft KX3

After finding myself spending more and more time operating CW I decided to add an Elecraft KX3 to my shack.  My first exposure to the KX3 was at the Bedford, IN hamfest this fall.  Since then I have spent several hours reading the many glowing reviews of this rig on eHam.com.  I also downloaded the manual from the Elecraft site and spent a several more hours studying the manual.

I decided to purchase the KX3 pre-assembled with the internal antenna tuner.  I decided not to build the kit version because for me the mechanical portion of the assembly of my K2 was the least enjoyable part of assembling the kit.  Since the KX3 kit is only mechanical assembly, I decided to just go ahead and purchase it pre-assembled.  Unfortunately I will not have the KX3 in time for this weekends 10m contest which promises to have outstanding propagation (SFI 160+).

I should have the new rig in a few days and will post my initial observations.   Later I plan to put together a more thorough review of the rig.

73,

Fred