Elecraft Insider Tells All

[@k2wo1]

Wayne, N6KR, is the best and is truly such a nice guy. Ham Radio is fortunate enough to have him and Elecraft doing their thing. 73, George K2WO

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

For sure, we loved having him on the show!

[@zappatx]

WOW!! I had no idea that story connected to Norcal and Wilderness radios! I have a couple of their kits and love them! Especially that watt meter. What I'd like is a new kit especially made for the worthless heathkit HW-7. Imagine something fitted or maxed out for that large box but using mostly the OEM appearance.

[@DaDitDa]

Wayne's comment about a future terminal connector accessory for the whip mounting jack inspired me to make a crude EZNEC model of the KH1 with 4' whip and 13' counterpoise. For this configuration, the value of loading coil inductance at 14mHz is about 10uH. With the counterpoise length and loading coil kept constant, I found that about 10' of vertical wire will resonant at 10.1mHz, and about 30' at 7.1mHz. Of course, a vertical 30' wire may not be practical, but the far end could be attached to a 20' sotabeams pole or tree, at about a 45 degree angle. If you double the counterpoise length to 26' and keep the loading coil constant, then the antenna wire length shrinks to about 16' for resonance on 7.1mHz.

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

That's pretty interesting stuff, thanks for doing the math!

[@Siskiyous6]

Wayne gave a great presentation at Pacificon, and hanging out with you, Chuck, was a real pleasure. Team replay for the win.

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

It's always great to have Wayne on the show, and Chuck isn't too bad either!

[@alanb76]

That was fun. Thanks for the great interview.

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

Thanks Alan!

[@peebreezy5015]

I would love to see a vehicle kit for the KH1. Looks like it is an awesome radio. Also love that it is made in America. Keep up the great work.

[@thuff3207]

I love my KX2 but this KH1 is something I need to get.

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

Haha, get in line...

[@phildurall7466]

When Wayne mentioned the K2 as a kit and said that you could "wind your own toe-roids" , Ape's eyes lit up! 😁 Great interview! 73 - KF6IF

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

He did get excited over that...

[@DaveW6OOD]

That RF near field mode on the KX2 was going off last weekend at the park with the club when the next guy was using FT8 @100w. I heard the audio lower and saw “RF” come on the screen and said “WOW”, that’s neat.

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

Yeah, it's pretty cool for sure.

[@d3w4yn3]

Way cool to get this background directly from the source!!!

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

Yeah, it was great having Wayne on!

[@jbinsc]

Another great interview from Wayne!

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@DonzLockz]

Great to get all the background info. I wouldnt mind an Elecraft one day.😊

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

Thanks for watching Don!

[@willieb6529]

my question is about the 'scratchpad' memory... just one, or is there one for each band?

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

I don't know for sure but it sounds like it is just one.

[@paulgarcia1566]

Not my kind of op but I enjoyed the interview and learning about the radio.

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

Thanks for checking it out Paul

[@MrBracey1970]

Team reply for the win 😊

[@CoffeeandHamRadios]

Thanks MB!