{"id":44815,"date":"2020-08-14T10:54:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=44815"},"modified":"2020-08-14T10:54:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:54:08","slug":"elecraft-kx2-3d-model-tour-with-wayne-burdick-n6kr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/elecraft-kx2-3d-model-tour-with-wayne-burdick-n6kr\/","title":{"rendered":"Elecraft KX2 3D model tour with Wayne Burdick (N6KR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elecraft-KX2-Bumper-Midwinter-Test-BBC-e1497895177712.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26528\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elecraft-KX2-Bumper-Midwinter-Test-BBC-e1497895177712.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a>Wayne Burdick (N6KR) was one of the QSO Today Expo presenters this year and he took his audience on a <em>very<\/em> deep dive into the design philosophy behind the Elecraft KX2 (<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/a-review-of-the-elecraft-kx2-general-coverage-qrp-transceiver\/\">click here to read our KX2 review<\/a>). The presentation is absolutely fascinating!\u00a0 If you want geek-out on radio design, I highly recommend you take a look:<\/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\/umAatw_VKss?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne Burdick (N6KR) was one of the QSO Today Expo presenters this year and he took his audience on a very deep dive into the design philosophy behind the Elecraft KX2 (click here to read our KX2 review). The presentation is absolutely fascinating!\u00a0 If you want geek-out on radio design, I highly recommend you take [&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":[545,3,43],"tags":[2034,5083,8745,5084,5401],"class_list":["post-44815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-elecraft","tag-elecraft-kx2","tag-elecraft-kx2-design","tag-kx2","tag-wayne-burdick-n6kr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bEP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20813,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/the-elecraft-kx2-now-has-am-mode\/","url_meta":{"origin":44815,"position":0},"title":"The Elecraft KX2 now has AM mode!","author":"Thomas","date":"August 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post readers (including, Eric, Dave, Jim and Greg) who shared the following message from Wayne (N6KR) on the Elecraft message boards: We added AM mode to the KX2 today, both transmit and receive. Its primary purpose is for SWL (short-wave listening), i.e. copying\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-KX2-6","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-6.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-6.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-6.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33131,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/elecraft-kx2-kx3-an-inexpensive-adapter-for-earphone-and-mic-operation\/","url_meta":{"origin":44815,"position":1},"title":"Elecraft KX2\/KX3: An inexpensive adapter for earphone and mic operation","author":"Thomas","date":"July 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Hansgen (K8RAT), who shares this message from Wayne (N6KR) of Elecraft. 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":22488,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/a-review-of-the-elecraft-kx2-general-coverage-qrp-transceiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":44815,"position":2},"title":"A review of the Elecraft KX2 general coverage QRP transceiver","author":"Thomas","date":"December 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The following review first appeared in the November 2016 issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine. It\u2019s not every day that I get exciting news about the production of a new radio. It was two days before the 2016 Dayton Hamvention--the day before the Four Days in May QRP conference--as I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"elecrat-kx2-review","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Elecrat-KX2-Review-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Elecrat-KX2-Review-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Elecrat-KX2-Review-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18882,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/the-elecraft-kx2-data-sheet-features-and-specifications\/","url_meta":{"origin":44815,"position":3},"title":"The Elecraft KX2 Data Sheet: Features and Specifications","author":"Thomas","date":"May 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Click here to download the PDF version of the Elecraft KX2 product sheet (2 pages).","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-Data-Sheet","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-Data-Sheet-e1463598979596.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-Data-Sheet-e1463598979596.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-Data-Sheet-e1463598979596.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Elecraft-KX2-Data-Sheet-e1463598979596.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18901,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/photos-of-the-new-elecraft-kx2\/","url_meta":{"origin":44815,"position":4},"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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