I'd be curious to know if the kx2 ends up being a kx1 slayer. I'll admit to forlornly looking at mine from time to time since the kx2 came out, but then she reminds me that she was the last in a long line of trail radios I built, and a darn good one, and I'm guilted into keeping her. Tho she may need to make room for a kx2 soon.
If only she could do 17. Scott ka9p Make something good happen! > On Jun 30, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Doug Turnbull <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don, > Thank you for this as it is most informative. Have you any rough idea > as to battery life comparison for KX2 and KX3 - I realize this is a > difficult question. Thank you once again. > > 73 Doug EI2CN > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Butler [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 30 June 2016 14:45 > To: 'Doug Turnbull'; [email protected] > Subject: KX1 vs KX2 vs KX3? from someone who owns one of each.. > > In addition to a few K3s, I also own a KX1, KX2, and KX3 and believe that I > am in a position where I can make a few unbiased comparisons between the > “KX” group. EI2CN asked today about weight comparisons between the three > radios so I thought I would provide that info and add just a couple of my > own thoughts about the three different radios. > > My KX1 (4 band and tuner) with paddle and 6 lithium batteries weighs 14.6 > oz. > > My KX2 (tuner and clock) with battery pack but without paddle weighs 20 oz. > The battery pack alone weighs 5 ½ oz. Adding the KXPD3 (since the KXPD2 is > still back ordered) adds about 1 oz to make the total package 21 oz. > > My KX3 (with all options and also with the 3rd party sidekick panels) and > with 8 NIMH batteries, charger and KXPD3 weighs 35 oz. …. The NIMH > batteries make up about 8 oz of that total. > > Since I own and have used all three radios, and really have no reason for > bias, I thought I would share my thoughts relative to comparisons. For > clarification these are MY opinions only … the way I feel about the three > radios as an owner of each… and of course this is not an attempt to be any > kind of in depth review or comparison…. I’m going to focus on the main > encoder dial only. > > Here goes: > > To me, the KX2 has rendered the KX1 obsolete .... the KX2 has virtually > every capability of the KX1 but also has much much more … is about the same > size and weighs just 7 oz more. It’s the perfect radio for travelling light > or backpacking for portable QRP operation. > > I prefer the KX3 over the KX2 .... mainly because of the main tuning knob > …. It was apparently necessary to use a smaller encoder on the KX2 to keep > the overall package small (and that has been accomplished). But to me it > came at a significant price because it is really rather cumbersome to slowly > tune the bands with the KX2 main dial when compared to doing so with the > very nice encoder on the KX3. To me the main dial on the KX2 has the same > feel as the dial on the KX1 ….. while the main dial on the KX3 is more like > that on the K3 …… the KX3 wins on my scorecard on that comparison hands > down, and it therefore remains my choice for most operating situations. > > There are workaround alternatives to make tuning easier on the KX2 .. for > example it’s actually easier to tune up and down the bands using the MH3 > up/down buttons than doing so with the main tuning knob …. But who really > wants to tune a radio with mic buttons? …. Not me! Coarse tuning with the > VFO B knob is the best option in my hands… and I have mine set for 0.5 khz > on CW and 2.5 khz on SSB, which allows me to scan the band with coarse > tuning and tweak with the main dial when I find a signal of interest. > > I will choose the KX3 for “in shack” use (but after the K3 of course) and > for any portable use when I want to spend significant time with the radio > and log lots of QSOs. ( FYI, our Field Day group operated 1A here in Utah > using my KX3/KXPA100 at 100 watts , deep cycle battery, CrankIR and center > fed zepp … and, with lots of off time and sleeping through the night we > still managed to log over 600 CW qsos). I will pick the KX2 for portable > QRP operation when I want to travel light and do not plan to spend hours on > the air. I doubt that I will be using the KX1 in the future …. but it’s > still a keeper as far as I’m concerned ? > > Just one man’s opinions … > > 73, > Don, N5LZ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
