{"id":20937,"date":"2016-08-30T20:25:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T00:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20937"},"modified":"2016-08-30T20:25:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T00:25:40","slug":"john-takes-the-elecraft-kx2-on-the-shortwaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/john-takes-the-elecraft-kx2-on-the-shortwaves\/","title":{"rendered":"John takes the Elecraft KX2 on the shortwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20820\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2.jpg\" alt=\"ElecraftKX2\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2-624x414.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just noticed that John (AE5X) has updated the firmware on his KX2 and made a short video of a shortwave band scan. <a href=\"http:\/\/ae5x.blogspot.com\/2016\/08\/video-kx2-as-swl-radio.html\" target=\"_blank\">On his blog<\/a>, he notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Before getting my ham ticket, I was a SWL and am very happy that AM capability has been added to the KX2, making a fantastic radio even better.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]We have a very powerful AM broadcast station near my QTH on 740 kHz. I was not able to receive it at all with the KX2. Unlike some, I see this as beneficial &#8211; it tells me the 80m filters (the KX2 doesn&#8217;t operate on 160m) are doing what they were designed to do.[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ae5x.blogspot.com\/2016\/08\/video-kx2-as-swl-radio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full post on John&#8217;s excellent blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gIt-qvdZ4Og?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gIt-qvdZ4Og\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view John&#8217;s video on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Update: I&#8217;ve had my KX2 for 24 hours now! I&#8217;ve already updated the firmware and will post a couple AM audio samples soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just noticed that John (AE5X) has updated the firmware on his KX2 and made a short video of a shortwave band scan. On his blog, he notes: Before getting my ham ticket, I was a SWL and am very happy that AM capability has been added to the KX2, making a fantastic radio even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,43],"tags":[1298,2034,5083,5402,1297,5084,34],"class_list":["post-20937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ae5x","tag-elecraft","tag-elecraft-kx2","tag-elecraft-kx2-am-mode","tag-john-harper","tag-kx2","tag-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5rH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20819,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/video-elecraft-kx2-daytime-shortwave-am-performance\/","url_meta":{"origin":20937,"position":0},"title":"Video: Elecraft KX2 daytime shortwave AM performance","author":"Thomas","date":"August 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"After publishing the post this morning regarding the AM mode addition to the Elecraft KX2, SWLing Post contributor\u00a0Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW)\u00a0created the following video comparing the KX2's daytime shortwave reception with that of the Kenwood R-2000: https:\/\/youtu.be\/R6rC-hpTxcs Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ElecraftKX2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ElecraftKX2.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18901,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/photos-of-the-new-elecraft-kx2\/","url_meta":{"origin":20937,"position":1},"title":"Photos of the new Elecraft KX2","author":"Thomas","date":"May 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the benefits of being an inside exhibitor at the Dayton Hamvention is the ability to visit with vendors and exhibitors on Thursday, prior to all of the traffic that happens on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 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