{"id":22375,"date":"2016-11-24T19:01:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T23:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22375"},"modified":"2016-11-24T19:01:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T23:01:24","slug":"holiday-deals-elecrafts-black-friday-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/holiday-deals-elecrafts-black-friday-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Deals: Elecraft&#8217;s Black Friday event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21861\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Elecraft-KX3-RadioAustralia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21861\" class=\"wp-image-21861 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Elecraft-KX3-RadioAustralia.jpg\" alt=\"elecraft-kx3-radioaustralia\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Elecraft-KX3-RadioAustralia.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Elecraft-KX3-RadioAustralia-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Elecraft-KX3-RadioAustralia-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Elecraft-KX3-RadioAustralia-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elecraft KX3 tuned to Radio Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been thinking about pulling the trigger on an Elecraft transceiver, now may be a good time. Elecraft is throwing in free accessories and free shipping on a few of their products.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elecraft.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ade3f9ea0defe0990b07b5b70&amp;id=d6768ccd78&amp;e=af24a05017\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s their full Black Friday advertisement<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Black-Friday-Webpage-Elecraft-e1480027538618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22376\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Black-Friday-Webpage-Elecraft-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"black-friday-webpage-elecraft\" width=\"625\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Black-Friday-Webpage-bottom-e1480027627669.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22377\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Black-Friday-Webpage-bottom-1024x262.jpg\" alt=\"black-friday-webpage-bottom\" width=\"625\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even if you aren&#8217;t a ham, you might consider an <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/a-review-of-the-elecraft-kx3-a-world-class-transceiver-superb-shortwave-receiver\/\">Elecraft KX3<\/a> or even the new <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/am-mode-comparing-the-elecraft-kx2-with-the-lnr-precision-ld-11\/\">KX2<\/a>. Both are excellent HF broadcast receivers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/a-review-of-the-elecraft-kx3-a-world-class-transceiver-superb-shortwave-receiver\/\">Click here to read my review of the Elecraft KX3<\/a>. I&#8217;ll be posting a review of the Elecraft KX2 on December 1&#8211;if you can&#8217;t wait, I&#8217;d encourage you to download the latest issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespectrummonitor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Spectrum Monitor magazine <\/a>(my KX2 review aside, the issue is chock-full of brilliant radio articles!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/elecraft.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ade3f9ea0defe0990b07b5b70&amp;id=d6768ccd78&amp;e=af24a05017\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view the full Elecraft advertisement<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been thinking about pulling the trigger on an Elecraft transceiver, now may be a good time. Elecraft is throwing in free accessories and free shipping on a few of their products. Here&#8217;s their full Black Friday advertisement: Even if you aren&#8217;t a ham, you might consider an Elecraft KX3 or even the new [&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":[4138,545,3,43],"tags":[4495,2034,5083,2547,5084,3183,320],"class_list":["post-22375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deals","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-deals","tag-elecraft","tag-elecraft-kx2","tag-elecraft-kx3","tag-kx2","tag-kx3","tag-radio-deals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5OT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29324,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/radio-deal-elecrafts-black-friday-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":22375,"position":0},"title":"Radio Deal: Elecraft&#8217;s &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; sale","author":"Thomas","date":"November 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've been considering an Elecraft transceiver, you might want to take a gander a the discounts Elecraft has posted for Black Friday. Two of my favorite portable transceivers are in the sale: The\u00a0KX2 Transceiver + FREE MH3 Microphone ($699.95 US) The KX3 Transceiver (modular kit) + FREE MH3 Microphone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Elecraft-Black-Friday.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Elecraft-Black-Friday.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Elecraft-Black-Friday.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Elecraft-Black-Friday.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18901,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/photos-of-the-new-elecraft-kx2\/","url_meta":{"origin":22375,"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. Elecraft's booth is always epically busy during the Hamvention--and this year will be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Elecraft-KX2-2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30516,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/a-25-upgrade-for-the-elecraft-kx2\/","url_meta":{"origin":22375,"position":2},"title":"A $25 upgrade for the Elecraft KX2","author":"Thomas","date":"January 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many of you know I'm quite a fan of the Elecraft KX2. I take this little transceiver along almost any time I travel. Not only is it a full-featured ham radio transceiver, but it's also an exceptional shortwave broadcast receiver. 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This message was originally posted on the Elecraft email reflector: Several KX2\/KX3 users have asked what I use as an adapter to go from an iPhone headset to the rig\u2019s headphone and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/KX3-adapter.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/KX3-adapter.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/KX3-adapter.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/KX3-adapter.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34215,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/the-elecraft-kx3-continues-to-impress\/","url_meta":{"origin":22375,"position":4},"title":"The Elecraft KX3 continues to impress","author":"Thomas","date":"September 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've owned my Elecraft KX3 for five years, and this little rig continues to amaze me. 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