Is there any way to expand the band range on this radio? It goes from 136 to 170, i need it to work on 118, do you know?

Can i asked what you used for a Speaker on the KX3 whne you had this setup

What happened to your KX3?

What year is your truck? I'm trying to do a hood mount on my 2006 F450 and not run the antenna wire through the firewall.

Thanks for sharing this. Makes me think I need to use my KX3 more.

Your selling me on this radio. 😮

I Will finish one the next wekend

The one you show is angled coming from the side. The one I ordered goes straight in so it's obviously the wrong one.

Which cable are you using? I think I ordered the wrong one.

I used to work my CW/AM Homebrew radio on 80 m in late 1980s. Now with FT-710, I am yet to hear anything on 80 m. Either no activity due to near solar maximum or high noise due to numerous electronic gadgets around causing RFI. 73 de Jon, VU2JO

After 4 years how do you feel about the amp?

Sweet video. Thank you for saving my life..keep up the great work 🎉

Look up YAESU 991 181 miles the Bo zo net

Very nice

When you want to tune via the kxpa100 atu, do you just set the pwr output on the kx2 to 11 watts so the amp is engaged? I usually tune at 5 watts on my other rigs.

Great instruction. Really helped me get set up.

Bravo....done to be EFFECTIVE as a Go-Kit. Some of the ridiculous large and ornate things people put together are more DISPLAY kits or Go (get a hernia) kits.

Hi there! Greetings from the UK. Great video, very useful. When paired with the KX2, are we able to monitor current draw (TX and RX and STBY of both KX2 and KXPA100) on the screen of the KX2? If not, are you able to tell me the current draw at 20W and 50W on TX? And on STBY or on RX as well? From the specs I can tell it is typically 20A (presume on TX at 100W) I am Interested to be able to estimate the running times when used on the field with the batteries and solar panels I have. Thanks for sharing

Thank for the video I just got this Radio I do have a copper J Pole I made it for the side band Frq

Where can I buy one

Im about to install a dual band in my 2008 F250 super duty. The dash in your truck is the closest to mine that ive seen in an install video. Did you have to loosen the black cowling between the hood and windshield to route the wires?

Great video, thanks for sharing! 73, K8JLW

Brilliant antenna mount!!

well,these links you sent no longer works ,Yeasu desabled them??? did you have a special cable to used it as a node . i need a node here but not a repeater,no much $$ for our budget 73 from quebec gervais,ve2ckn

How many amps total do the radio and amp draw together when transmitting at full power?

QRP is cool.

How many people under 40 know cw? I learned it for my Tech plus 5 wpm test and do not remember anything but Sos and cq ! Maybe bring back the novice test so little kids can get a license as they learn languages more easily so some will learn Morse. Anyway use cw with a computer if you have to .

73 de ka6ibm

Forget the radio, that deck area is stunning and the dog too! Great vid

I purchased the KXPA100. Almost all of the cables you show in your video are NOT included with the KXPA1OO. With mine I received two of the USB cables used to updated the KXPA100 firmware (weird), the RCA plug cable, and one power cable. All other cables must be purchased separately. Most of them can be purchased from suppliers other than Elecraft, which will save time/money and allow you to avoid dealing to much with Elecraft. The cable designed to connect the KX3 to the AMP is $60.

For the KX2 do I need to have a mores code key for the kx2 to work. I want one but I’m not sure if It has to have a key on it and also does the kx2 have capabilities to make contacts all over the work including in other countries

Thanks

Nice video...Are u still using the KX3, Pan adapter as a base unit? Or have u changed/upgraded? Curious...I have a KX2 and a KXPA100 and really like the combination but as a base it has its drawbacks, particularly having to dive into menus on the KX2...

Great video! Question , I just received my KXPA100 , can I leave the battery in the KX2 and plug it into the amp? And/or can I just use battery power from the kx2 to get rid of 1 wire in this setup? Thanks in advance.

You can do better for $5k

This was several years ago. Has the setup changed or would you do anything different? Thanks for sharing.

Thank you.

Did you ever do a performance demo video?

Why you need a amp

I know this is old. I was looking at that case how did you like it? Also what size pelican case is that ? Thanks Dj K9raa

Great setup thanks 73 from kb2uew

Hola buenos días,tengo problemas con el talki , cuando pulso el ptt suena un pitido pero no transmite,si alguien puede ayudarme, gracias.

I don’t believe that wattmeter is a PEP reading meter? If you’re only reading average power, you are definitely over driving it the amplifier.😳😵‍💫🎙

I have one.. had it for years.. I like it for many reasons.. but the main beef I have with it is you cannot keep custom receive settings intact with vfo and band changes..this is not good for me at all.. compared to my icom icr75 receiver it is noisy, and not all that intuitive.. I like it, but it has some real drawbacks.

What brand antenna is that?

wondering why the audio is so soft so low... except the keypad tone is clear...

Got to get that antenna up higher, put that pole on your chimney.. lol But seriously you're line of sight so that yagi with that much power isn't going to make much of a difference over your vertical without propagation.

so I have a diamond 10 element beam first I put it up horizontal worked all 10 hams in my area on side band lmao.. flipped that puppy vertical and had a lot better results I am active on fm simplex and work people all over the tri state area..

80 watts from the amp, versus up to 50 watts from the rig (barefoot, 2m & 70cm), is only +2dB. And that's only about one-third of a typical S-unit. Typically it's not worth getting out of your chair unless the change you're contemplating is a 'doubling' to achieve a +3dB increase.

excellent station very good