{"id":31637,"date":"2012-04-03T04:00:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T02:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/?p=31637"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:09:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:09:37","slug":"kx3-overall-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/qro-qrp\/kx3-overall-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"KX3 Overall Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The revolutionary Elecraft KX3 HF transceiver puts the world in the palm of your hand! Despite its small size, it covers all amateur bands from 160-6 meters, operates in all modes, and has DSP-based features usually found only on larger radios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The KX3&#8217;s unique form-factor allows you to operate from anywhere. Fold out the rear tilt-feet for use on a desktop or picnic table, or add our rugged mobile mount bracket for vehicle use. For extreme portability, you can add the internal wide-range ATU, 8-AA cell battery pack with NiMH charger, and adjustable KXPD3 keyer paddle. With a whip antenna, you can even operate hand-held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In receive mode, current drain can be as low as 150 mA &#8211; about one-half to one-third that of competing all-band portables. Transmit efficiency is also excellent, further improving battery life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>160-6 meters, SSB\/CW\/DATA\/AM\/FM modes<\/li>\n<li>10 W PEP (100 W with KXPA100 amp)<\/li>\n<li>Only 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg)<\/li>\n<li>Current drain as low as 150 mA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/elecraft-kx3-large.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31639 size-medium\" title=\"elecraft-kx3-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/elecraft-kx3-large-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/elecraft-kx3-large-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/elecraft-kx3-large-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/elecraft-kx3-large-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/elecraft-kx3-large.png 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Click to enlarge<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-Shot-2012-03-29-at-3.55.38-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31641 size-medium\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-03-29 at 3.55.38 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-Shot-2012-03-29-at-3.55.38-PM-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-Shot-2012-03-29-at-3.55.38-PM-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-Shot-2012-03-29-at-3.55.38-PM-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-Shot-2012-03-29-at-3.55.38-PM-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-Shot-2012-03-29-at-3.55.38-PM.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/KX3-Manual-Block-Diagram.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">KX3 Manual Block Diagram<\/span><\/a><\/span> (PDF file)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elecraft.com\/KX3\/kx3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Link<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The revolutionary Elecraft KX3 HF transceiver puts the world in the palm of your hand! Despite its small size, it covers all amateur bands from 160-6 meters, operates in all modes, and has DSP-based features usually found only on larger radios. The KX3&#8217;s unique form-factor allows you to operate from anywhere. Fold out the rear&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[137,263,278,304,358,359,360],"class_list":["post-31637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-qro-qrp","tag-elecraft","tag-kx3","tag-low-power","tag-new-equipment-2","tag-qro-qrp","tag-qrp","tag-qrpp","category-10","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}